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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Imagine 10,000 years from now. You've done everything. You've seen everything. Every person you meet seems insignificant--they have a gnat's lifespan, and can't possibly tell you anything you don't already know.
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I don't know...think of all the talent and genius that's walked the Earth in the last...500 years? Imagine getting to talk to the next Einstein...or the next Steinbeck? I bet everlasting youth/life/whatever and eventually the world's oldest
anything would be more than enough to buy you a ticket their table for a chat.
I don't fear oblivion, but I wouldn't mind postponing it for a while.
I guess, ultimately, it would depend upon the particulars, but "Highlander" immortal? "Tuck Everlasting" immortal? Sure, I'd probably walk that road.