[pineaux]

Yeah, I agree with you. I want all those things and would try to attain them if possible. But I also think it's selfish and "not how it works". I think people are not really made for adapting such a long time. I also think the generations after you would want to own a part of your ecological niche to live in themselves. You might be looking over your shoulder the whole time.

[terryf]

Yes, it is a bit selfish. But it is also okay to be a bit selfish from time to time. After all, it is your life. Of course, this needs to be carefully balanced. But doing things every now and then just because you want to, is okay.

However the "not how it works" comment ... well, you could make that pretty much throughout the time that humans have lived. We have been continuously changing the environment around us to suit our needs and wants. Early farmers burned down forests to get fertilized land. We domesticated crops and animals and bred them to grow the way we wanted them. We built things to make life safer, better and easier.

You could say "that's not how it works" about a tractor or wheat with multiple stems from a single seed.

But of course, there will be problems that need to be overcome if we ever do figure out ways of extending life. But again, there always have been problems with new inventions.

I firmly believe that humanity has the ability to overcome problems, develop, learn and improve. And that aligns well with wanting more life!

[olalonde]

It's the good old appeal to nature[0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature

[chr1]

Well, if people live for really long time like 10000, it would become much easier to travel to other stars with technology that we already have, so there will be plenty of "ecological niche to live in".

[darkerside]

Would it really be much easier? It's already possible, we just would have new generations on the ship when we arrive. We don't care enough about those future generations to take off for a new world today. Will we care more about our own 10000 year futures?

[chr1]

Passing down skills and ideas needed for the mission to survive and succeed over multiple generations is a very hard task.

A group of skilled and motivated people who spend a small percentage of their lives on a ship, is going to be very different from a group that is trapped in a small town for generations.

My estimate would be that the mission to succeed is going to need 10-100x more people on generational ship compared to a transport ship. (million vs tens of thousands.)

[reginald78]

Generation ships could do that without being staffed with immortals.