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The effects of endless life on society and people’s lives should be carefully considered before extensive research is executed, and necessary and important questions should be asked: Will people no longer have children if they themselves are eternally young? What will happen to the economy if people are occupying their jobs forever? Will people no longer abide by the law because there is no need to fear death’s consequences? Would immortality be available to everyone, and if so, would it have a price? At what point of technological development do we cease to be human and start to be machines?
The concept and structures of families that we know today would either be destroyed, as immortal people might cease to have children in order to live their lives purely for themselves, or be completely changed, as one’s family members would remain youthful forever. There would be no pressing financial need to work at one’s job if one becomes a machine, since daily necessities like food and water may no longer be essential.
Another possibility is that immortality could become a luxury only affordable to the rich, who would then rise as never-dying tyrants who perpetually abuse the poor, who, in turn, may rise up against the rich and engage in bloody class warfare. People could become lawless and amoral as their choices to abide by the law would have no effect on their lives.
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All organisms have had a definite beginning and end to their lives for billions of years, and the ephemeral quality of life is exactly what gives it its value and distinct characteristics. Past achievements in science, literature, political leadership, and more are admirable and incredible because they were accomplished with a finite amount of time and resources. Having an infinite amount of time to do the same would simply make the task less meaningful or impressive.
If immortality would result in people losing their passions, moral sense, and motivations, it would not be lengthening the lives of people, but rather killing people and reviving them as machines that have lost their human origins.
