“Immortality would be a curse, not a blessing”
Agree
- Watching everyone you love die forever
- Boredom would become unbearable eventually
- Meaning requires finitude and stakes
- No escape from mistakes or regrets ever
Disagree
- Could master infinite skills and knowledge
- Adaptation would make centuries feel normal
- Death anxiety drives most human misery
- Could always choose to end it later
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