I hate one-trick-pony books.

I’m not getting caught up in the pro/con life extension discussion… I’m just saying it was well worth my $9.99.

(I’m more a proponent for having a legal & painless way to snuff it, when the time comes.)

On the other hand, I wonder if one of the unintended consequences of “The Cure” would be that people would take better care of themselves so that they would be less likely to 1) develop heart disease 2) develop cancer or 3) get in accidents.  If you knew you could live indefinitely without the pain of aging, you might be motivated to eat better, excercise, drink less, not smoke, wear your seat belt, drive the speed limit, floss, etc.

And I just have to add:  “Married couples start to wonder about the “till death do us part” vow they made with their spouses.”  Ummm, *start* to wonder?  I think that’s been happening for awhile now.

*I do recognize that as a meat-eater it’s probably karmic retribution that my love for the taste of death will likely hasten my own.

But using drugs and machines to grasp one precious last minute of decrepit semi-existance does not compute for me.  Eventually, we all gotta go.  No one gets out alive.

But some people want to live forever.  Go ahead then. 

Basically: when I extend my life it’s a perfectly reasonable attempt at self preservation.

When you (collectively) do it, it is a selfish and insubordinate crime against nature. : D

So I take it you refrain from all medical treatment? “Well, I am bleeding profusely, but it would be immense hubris to tie a tourniquet. What, the world needs me?”

Even if somehow possible; why the hell would any sensible person take The Cure? First of all the hubris is immense: you think the world needs you? Forever? Ha!

Great job. You just made Ray Kurzweil cry.

First of all the hubris is immense: you think the world needs you?  Forever?  Ha!  Maybe an immortal Ray Charles or Issac Newton would be good for the planet, but not just any shlub who can pony up the 7K.

The world needs New People freshening it up , not the same undying bozos cluttering up the place. 

When your due date expires, that’s it: thank you for playing…NEXT!

Besides, even if you could pause at your optimal age and endure the changing centuries; I guarantee that real young people will want nothing to do with you: “I remember when, I remember when, I remember when…”  ‘Silence you boring old fool!’

(I guess I’d be one of the lye-carriers…)

Still; seems like a good premise for some reading, might have to check it out…waiting for my Ready Player One in the mail.  Finding good reading material is a precious gift…yay books.

Boo Immortality!!!

Second, thank you for the characterization of The Road. I finished the novel, but I have had the movie for more than a year and still haven’t watched it. Probably never will.

Third, I disagree in that I think thee would be no reason to regret the cure. One could take it, enjoy it for a lifespan of your choosing, and then check out Kevorkian Style, or Guy Fawkes-V Style if one desired to make a statement. I’m very interested in seeing how Magary makes the apparently downspiraling ramifications plausible.

This already happens, not so much the lye-ing though.

The opening premise of Postmortal (as described above) seems like a very similar territory, though the Haldeman book is basically a sci-fi thriller. In the Haldeman book functional immortality has been discovered but comes at a price. Literally. The treatment is known as the Stillman process and is required every 10 years. It basically rejuvenates you to a 25-year-old but at the cost of everything you possess, or $1 million, I can’t remember which.

It’s an interesting book.

NO ONE DENIES THIS.