Should we strive to live forever?
As part of my A-levels, I'm doing an extended project qualification on whether or not it would be possible to extend the human lifespan indefinitely. I'm not talking about the kind of immortality where you literally cannot die. If you had your head cut off or something along those lines, your life would come to an end.
Instead I'm focusing on whether or not in the future we will have the ability to halt the aging process and maybe even reverse the effects of aging. Another area I'm looking at is to do with resistance to infections and other things such as cancer so they would no longer be a threat.
From my research so far, it looks very promising and we could theoretically have a world of humans that could potentially live thousands of years until they meet a sticky end from some kind of fatal accident or choose to end their own life. However, I also have to think about the possible consequences of possessing this ability such as sustainability of an immortal civilization, religious and ethical arguments against it, which classes would have access, psychological arguments etc.
I'm hoping to gain a form of primary research by asking for the opinion of members on this forum because I know there are quite a few deep thinkers on here that may propose ideas that I had never even considered to write about and including the opinions of others in my project so it's not entirely my own opinion.
What is your opinion on an immortal civilzation? Good or bad idea?
Any replies will be appreciated as it may be included in my project :)
Cheers.
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