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I dream of future where cancer of every kind is a fully treatable malady at best, or manageable chronic condition at worst.

We are not there yet, but I have a hope that we are no further than century away from achieving that.

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If we can avoid destroying ourselves, we will achieve it.

Maybe the notion that we can live for an extended period of time will motivate more people to become ecologically responsible.

Our hearts would eventually give out anyway. I'd just much rather die of a sudden heart attack than a long and torturous cancer battle.

> Our hearts would eventually give out anyway.

We need to fix that too.

At some point, it is good to die, to make room for the next generation, no matter how great you are. Others deserve a shot, too.

No. Nothing is worth the utter destruction of a person. People have an endless capacity to learn and grow, and there is no limited room for people that's getting used up; the universe is a very big place. Longevity will certainly lead to some interesting challenges; bring them on, they're worth solving and none of them are worth killing people to avoid. And preventing people from living is absolutely equivalent to killing them.

Personally, for me I'd say "no". But I decided not to have kids, and I don't think you can have unlimited reproduction and immortality. It would be interesting to give people the choice between eternal life and kids. Like in the Highlander, your "prize" for having kids is mortality.

I wish.

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