Re:Demographic Consequences of Defeating Aging
by toyg on Sunday February 04, 2018 @02:24PM
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Would it? As I get older, I can tell you that my feelings and thoughts are not really influenced by that; I learn as I’ve always done, by trying out stuff; and if it takes a bit longer, who cares.
Imho, a much more powerful force is the loss of innocence. You know X is bad for you because you experienced it before; so you don’t do X. And Y. And K. And slowly, you don’t do very much at all, except very safe boring stuff. You would really like to go back being a fearless child, but you can’t: even if your body could heal like it did before, your mind won’t forget all the stuff you went through.
Imho, a much more powerful force is the loss of innocence. You know X is bad for you because you experienced it before; so you don’t do X. And Y. And K. And slowly, you don’t do very much at all, except very safe boring stuff. You would really like to go back being a fearless child, but you can’t: even if your body could heal like it did before, your mind won’t forget all the stuff you went through.