> Sure, there will be growing pains, friction, etc. Who cares?
That's right. Who cares about pains of others and why they even should are absolutely words to live by.
That's right. Who cares about pains of others and why they even should are absolutely words to live by.
What you are likely doing, though, is making many more future humans pay a cost in suffering. Every day we delay longevity escape velocity is another 150k people dead.
I'd rather just... not die. Not unless I want to. Same for my loved ones. That's far more important than "wealth inequality."
Senescence is an adaptation.
"You should die because cities will get crowded" is a less terrible argument but still a bad one. We have room for at least double our population on this planet, couples choosing longevity can be required to have <=1 children until there is room for more, we will eventually colonize other planets, etc.
All this is implying that consciousness will continue to take up a meaningful amount of physical space. Not dying in the long term implies gradual replacement and transfer to a virtual medium at some point.
If you take this as an axiom, it will always be true ;).