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by benlivengood 1834 days ago
> What if you were truly immortal, wouldn't you be driven mad soon enough?

Driven mad by sunshine in nature, good friends, good food, exploration, good books and other media, working towards a goal, and meeting new people?

Quality of life is the biggest determinant, and modern society being planned around aging and death is the second in the idea that people would not enjoy immortality. Of course deathly ill people would not enjoy immortality; people already sign DNR orders today to mitigate that lack of quality of life. Healthy people of any age generally enjoy life.