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IAmBroom on April 30, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: We need more optimistic science fiction

"This is exciting! If I live to be 70 I'll get to hear the response from the question my great-grandfather's generation sent to Omega-5!"

nathan_compton on April 30, 2025 [–]

Life extension sort of solves this problem and is much more plausible.

partomniscient on May 1, 2025 | [–]

But life extension will be for the rich. What's the point of extending your life if you're going to be surrounded by twats like Elon Musk all day every day...?

nathan_compton on May 1, 2025 | | [–]

I think the idea is that in a post-scarcity society everyone gets it.

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