Spike Jones, <spike66@ibm.net>, writes:
> Modern humans are brain boggled by the changes that
> have come in our lifetimes. In fact, I see this as a limiting factor to
> technology. People are unwilling to change faster than a certain pace.
> Alex Bokov's concept of local maxima will become very important
> soon, as we see evidence of just such things all around us.
I believe that people will become gradually accustomed to faster and faster change. So the "certain pace" that people are unwilling to change faster than, will increase in the future.
> Talk to
I'm not sure that such statements carry much weight, since they are
after all completely hypothetical.
> people, see how very many people reject the idea of extending life
> out to just 500 years for instance. You might be amazed at how many
> will state that they *do not want* to live that long, even if they could
> do so with good health!
I believe that once it is possible actually to live for 500 years in good health, many fewer people will be willing to kill themselves on principle.
Hal