Hey, thanks for the reply. I appreciate it. I’m not upset if people want to downvote the rant—rants by their nature are not carefully argued. The best spin might be ‘brainstorming’. I’ll edit it to label it up-front. But I don’t see how the original post is poorly argued; that’s what matters for visibility. The one thing I’ll note is:
average life expectancy has been increasing for at least 50 years now, surely there’s evidence showing how people have damaged the common good in the name of life extension
I agree and think that supports the point. The trend has already caused some damage, though we can handle it fairly gracefully. If it accelerates dramatically, then I fear we will be unable to handle it. Maybe I misunderstood you.
Maybe I’ll get the energy to make a post on hubris, but not right now.
Hey, thanks for the reply. I appreciate it. I’m not upset if people want to downvote the rant—rants by their nature are not carefully argued. The best spin might be ‘brainstorming’. I’ll edit it to label it up-front. But I don’t see how the original post is poorly argued; that’s what matters for visibility. The one thing I’ll note is:
I agree and think that supports the point. The trend has already caused some damage, though we can handle it fairly gracefully. If it accelerates dramatically, then I fear we will be unable to handle it. Maybe I misunderstood you.
Maybe I’ll get the energy to make a post on hubris, but not right now.