Patrick O'Neil (patrick at corona) wrote:
: On Sun, 12 Feb 1995, John de Rivaz wrote:
: The only remedy to all this is if EVERYONE accepted very strict,
: worldwide birthcontrol regulations. How likely is that? The earth is a
If I was going to live a LOT longer would I not have
a much greater "long term" interest :) in restraining reproduction,
conserving and recycling resources, and engineering a way off
this one small planet?
With much more life to live would I not take my living more
seriously--and perhaps in time mature into a more responsible
being than I would otherwise.
My point being...pessimism based on current human "short-timer"
attitudes might turn out to be in part unfounded.
In otherwords, longer life might improve us enough to deal with
the consequences of human life better.
Just a thought for the pessimists out there.
--BCS--
solve but one puzzle: eternal life, and you will have time to
solve them all!
