Yes I had that thought about waking up and knowing that to bring me back to life resources which could go to more others aren't being made available to them, it's bad enough as it is now.
Have you ever read the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson? One of the premises of that book is that life can be extended several so that some of the original starting people live to well over 200 - which on Mars is presumed to be sustainable but when Earthers find out about it there's huge outrage and demand for it on an already overcrowded planet. The trilogy has a lot of faults, but that's one of the better 'ideas' explored (not enough) I feel.
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Date: 2010-01-21 10:26 am (UTC)Have you ever read the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson? One of the premises of that book is that life can be extended several so that some of the original starting people live to well over 200 - which on Mars is presumed to be sustainable but when Earthers find out about it there's huge outrage and demand for it on an already overcrowded planet. The trilogy has a lot of faults, but that's one of the better 'ideas' explored (not enough) I feel.