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No more new generations, no more change. Just immensely powerful old people who look young grabbing ever more tightly onto power.

Right now generational wealth fizzles out due to idiot heirs eventually appearing. Imagine if someone could ride a thousand years of exponential gains.

Silver lining? The thousand year olds may actually care a bit about climate change.

The 200 year old elves in LOTR also were wise enough not to go to war..

The 200 year old elves in LOTR weren't real.

In reality all we have are humans, and humans are bastards.

As a card-carrying bastard myself, I can assure you that not all humans are bastards. Some humans are lovely to be around.

Yeah, in a place where they live. Whatever it happens to be (and doesn't have to stay the same).

Until the AIs otherthrow them.

Watch Babylon 5. Vorlons.

Or Lord of the Rings and Elves.

Immortality likely breeds ossification. Stasis.

Open exploration of space and let the cubic volume of effectively infinite space absorb them.

You'll slip in the shower sooner or later.

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If we cure aging, life expectancy is 9000 years at current accident rates

Anti-aging breakthrough: Shower mats increase life expectancy in monkeys

Oh there’s a movie about that, I think they grow a beard and you need to cut their heads