“Surely this is what the seething Octogenarian boomers clinging to power still are after? the elixir of life, the fountain of youth, the philosophers stone of our age.”
It’s seems to me a common delusion that the world will end when we do. It’s intolerable to those with power, the geriatric oligarchs who have pushed us around, that they…
“Surely this is what the seething Octogenarian boomers clinging to power still are after? the elixir of life, the fountain of youth, the philosophers stone of our age.”
It’s seems to me a common delusion that the world will end when we do. It’s intolerable to those with power, the geriatric oligarchs who have pushed us around, that they should end and that the world will go on without them. The manufactured hysteria over global warming is another immortality project. If they can’t live forever they fantasize the end of the world.
Yes, luckily I've seen some thought leaders really start to throw the vision out further to 500 year timelines and beyond, saying there's so much humanity ahead of us we really need to be careful, studious, intentional custodians and stewards today.
One such was the space exploration biologist Chris Mason
“Surely this is what the seething Octogenarian boomers clinging to power still are after? the elixir of life, the fountain of youth, the philosophers stone of our age.”
It’s seems to me a common delusion that the world will end when we do. It’s intolerable to those with power, the geriatric oligarchs who have pushed us around, that they should end and that the world will go on without them. The manufactured hysteria over global warming is another immortality project. If they can’t live forever they fantasize the end of the world.
Yes, luckily I've seen some thought leaders really start to throw the vision out further to 500 year timelines and beyond, saying there's so much humanity ahead of us we really need to be careful, studious, intentional custodians and stewards today.
One such was the space exploration biologist Chris Mason
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C2tPFCGL1U
I've also seen Tim Urban going on in such a vein recently