Superlongevity and the big yawn
Fight Aging points to a paper by Mark Walker called Boredom, Experimental Ethics, and Superlongevity.
Abstract:
‘Superlongevity’ may be thought of as doubling (or more) the human lifespan through the use of technology. Critics have argued that superlongevity will inevitably lead to boredom, while proponents have denied this claim. Rather than attempting to resolve the debate through theoretical speculation, I argue that allowing persons to become superlongevitists can be construed as an experiment to decide this issue. Further, the moral benefits of conducting the experiment greatly outweigh the moral costs of not running the experiment.
Love the term “superlongevity”.
I can’t imagine being bored. By the time one has learned to play the French horn, mastered Mandarin, seen what there is to see, and figured out how to make as many positive contributions to the world as possible, a doubled lifespan hardly seems enough.
