Monday, March 17, 2008

Volitional Mortality

A common criticism of extropianism and transhumanism is that its goal is immortality. Even if this were possible, who'd want to live forever, right?

I don't think anybody who's alive today knows whether they will want to continue living after they'reseveral hundred years old. That's not the point. We seek life extension not so we can live forever, necessarily, but rather so we can live as long as we see fit.