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by fmkamchatka 1047 days ago
How can the planet sustain nobody dying?
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It's not nobody dying, it's only nobodies dying. Eh? Eh?
I thought I uninstalled my reddit app
If you look at the actuarial tables, 'immortals' would still statistically die eventually from something unrecoverable.
It won't have to. Injuries, disease, and cancer are still a thing.
Isn't the point of cryopreservation to be awoken when these things are no more?
Ain't never gonna be a "no more." That's not how biology or statistics work.
That's the planet's problem... not mine.

More seriously : with such mindset, mankind would not be where it is now. It's by pushing the limits that you access some higher "truth", be it tech innovation or societal rules.

There will always be a half of humans. Even if aging and all diseases are covered. Imagine someone getting their brain crushed in a car accident for example. Or a plain crash and everyone burned to ash in the wreckage. The only difference is how long is that period.
Arcologies, O'Neill Cylinders, Dyson Spheres, spatial colonization outpacing population growth.
By not reproducing