From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Mon Aug 06 2001 - 09:51:48 MDT
On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Technotranscendence wrote:
> A certain critic of posthuman ideas told me he fears life extension
> because he thinks the old will become more powerful and less likely to
> change ideologically in beneficial ways.
If you have the tech to stay alive for so long, it allows you also to keep
your edge, if you so chose. If it increases your fitness, it's good. If it
doesn't, you'll be culled from the herd, anyway.
I see the point of locking in a bad local minimum, but you can always walk
away from a bad pocket -- space is big.
-- Eugen* Leitl leitl
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