What would you do for 10,000 years? Each additional year of life will become less and less exciting as you run out of things you haven’t tried. On the other hand, each year of life for a young person is full of wonder, everything is new.
I believe I cound find enough fun for myself for at least 1000 years. Not sure about more, but I’d worry about that when I’d get there.
For example, writing a book, or coding a non-trivial program takes about a year. Studying something, five years. Becoming a master, ten years. I could easily spend a century just doing things that seem interesting to me now, and I suppose I would find new hobbies along the way. There are also thousands of books to read, movies to watch, computer games to play...
Now imagine an opposite thought experiment, a world run by intelligent robots, who produce kids in artificial wombs, let them explore the world for 1 year, and then kill them to make space for more kids. Does this sound like an exciting world-exploration utopia?
I believe I cound find enough fun for myself for at least 1000 years. Not sure about more, but I’d worry about that when I’d get there.
For example, writing a book, or coding a non-trivial program takes about a year. Studying something, five years. Becoming a master, ten years. I could easily spend a century just doing things that seem interesting to me now, and I suppose I would find new hobbies along the way. There are also thousands of books to read, movies to watch, computer games to play...
Now imagine an opposite thought experiment, a world run by intelligent robots, who produce kids in artificial wombs, let them explore the world for 1 year, and then kill them to make space for more kids. Does this sound like an exciting world-exploration utopia?