For a particular use of time to have zero opportunity cost.
Mostly when people talk about opportunity cost, they mean the cost associated with forgoing a different option. So, if you sit on your couch and watch TV you are forgoing working at Jimmy Johns for $8/hour. That’s your opportunity cost. It doesn’t go to 0 just because you are immortal.
But I think I know you what you mean. You want to feel like you have plenty of time to do everything or nothing. You don’t want to feel constrained by a limited lifespan. If that is how you feel, then I think its more of a psychological issue and can be dealt with directly. You don’t need to need to become immortal to stop worrying about not having enough time to do everything you want to do in life. You just need to stop worrying.
You can dismiss anything anyone wants or is worried about, as a psychological issue that they can fix by ceasing to worry about or want the thing. It’s even true that doing so will improve their circumstances. But it’s hardly a better solution than the person actually getting the thing they want or avoiding the thing they’re worried about.
Mostly when people talk about opportunity cost, they mean the cost associated with forgoing a different option. So, if you sit on your couch and watch TV you are forgoing working at Jimmy Johns for $8/hour. That’s your opportunity cost. It doesn’t go to 0 just because you are immortal.
But I think I know you what you mean. You want to feel like you have plenty of time to do everything or nothing. You don’t want to feel constrained by a limited lifespan. If that is how you feel, then I think its more of a psychological issue and can be dealt with directly. You don’t need to need to become immortal to stop worrying about not having enough time to do everything you want to do in life. You just need to stop worrying.
You can dismiss anything anyone wants or is worried about, as a psychological issue that they can fix by ceasing to worry about or want the thing. It’s even true that doing so will improve their circumstances. But it’s hardly a better solution than the person actually getting the thing they want or avoiding the thing they’re worried about.