Why I Want to be Transhuman

Re:Why I Want to be Transhuman by umjames on Wednesday December 24, 2008 @11:29AM (#408892)

Try working a shit 9-5 job for years on end. You can get bored almost immediately. If people started living for 200 years, do you think they'd keep retirement age at around 65?

The problem is the question makes no guarantee of the total quality of those extra years. Health is only part of that quality, actual happiness is another big part that wasn't assured.

200 years where 70%+ of it is spent in a crap job where you're ready to go home before you even show up? No thanks.

80 years where 70%+ of it is spent doing things that you actually like and can be proud of (not always necessarily at work)? Bring it on.

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Re:Why I Want to be Transhuman by lionheart on Wednesday December 24, 2008 @02:51PM (#409079)

But don't people do things that they enjoy with their free time, even if they work shit jobs?

I mean, people seem to like their lives. They aren't committing suicide.

But if you have a choice between living 100 years or living 200 years, and you pick the first option, how is that not exactly like committing suicide.

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