Who will remember you in 100 years?

Re:Who will remember you in 100 years? by elorant on Friday April 14, 2017 @07:04AM (#14113730)

Well there's a very good chance we'll be alive in 100 years.

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Re:Who will remember you in 100 years? by dbg31415 on Friday April 14, 2017 @07:24AM (#14113799)

This is the most depressing comment in the thread.

It's not about how long we live, it's about how long we live while we are in our prime... Gen 1 tech issues... we are extending lives, we aren't really extending prime years... so all we're doing is stretching out that twilight-period. Every time I visit my 97 year-old grandparents they say things like, "I pray I'll go soon..."

I'd rather just go quick at 50 than prolong my years after 70. The thought of perpetually being old and frail sounds like some sort of torture. And while it may be appealing to say, "I'd like to stay 21 forever..." 21 year-olds tend to be idiots and the thought of having "21 year-old problems" forever sounds like a whole other form of torture.

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Re:Who will remember you in 100 years? by randallsquared on Friday April 14, 2017 @08:45AM (#14114120)

> I'd rather just go quick at 50 than prolong my years after 70.

Why don't you leave that decision for 50-year-old you? Maybe they will disagree.

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Re:Who will remember you in 100 years? by japano1se on Friday April 14, 2017 @07:37AM (#14113853)

I'm fascinated by this idea.

Let's say there's tech to freeze your age at whatever point you like. Where would you want it to be frozen?

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Re:Who will remember you in 100 years? by giancarlostoro on Friday April 14, 2017 @07:43AM (#14113875)

26 sounds like a decent age, but you never know if it's your prime or not.

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Re:Who will remember you in 100 years? by tim333 on Friday April 14, 2017 @08:22AM (#14114017)

It depressing if you assume we'll be withered and half alive but they may fix that.

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