Reply To: Toshiba's "Micro Nuclear Reactor" – it's not fusion, but it's here now

[JimmyT]

Rezwan wrote:

Since I won’t be alive 100 years from now why should I care about (insert virtually any item here). Nothing promotes good stewardship like self interest.

Very few people on the planet to date have lived over 100. Have they all been bad stewards?

I don’t know why I care about (insert the random group of things and people i care about), I just do. Call it a compulsion. I really would rather not care, and go get a beer and watch it all burn. But it’s here, and I find myself engaged despite my nihilistic laziness. Partly because it’s novel. Also, I find the shelf life manageable (“well, it’s only for another few decades, tops.”). And I like to cultivate autonomy in others so they can take care of themselves and I can check out. Seriously, you guys don’t find existence exhausting? It’s a lot of work to give things their proper focus. Haven’t you seen groundhog day? Every day has infinite possibilities. And you want to stretch this out?

But like I say, be my guest. It’s just a preference. No right or wrong here.

Maybe it all comes down to attention span 🙂

Do I really need to spell this out?

I wouldn’t be involved with lots of projects If I were entirely selfish. I’m not going to live long enough to reap the entire benefit of most projects I am involved in. And I certainly won’t benefit from the life extension efforts currently underway. Others will and that makes these projects worthy of my support.

Having longer lifespans leads to inherently better stewardship. Because it is people’s own future they are caring about.

This may not be true for everyone, but it is obviously true for many. This tripe about people not wanting to leave messes for their children to inherit is obviously not true for a lot of people. Otherwise we wouldn’t be running a 1.6 trillion dollar annual deficit here in the United States. Words speak so much louder than actions And it’s obvious from their actions that many people would gladly enslave their children and grandchildren in order to live more comfortable themselves.

Yeah, life sucks sometimes. I HATE my current job. I deal with it. I also try to make the world a better place.

When you get sick do you seek medical attention? You don’t have to. Must be because you want to live longer. Others do too.

Big suprise!