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Baobab

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8. Peoples brains wouldnt age- so they would just get smarter.

Wed May 18, 2016, 01:27 AM

May 2016

I think its clear that life isnt long enough for all we have to learn. Not far into the future, jobs will be so scarce and machines so good at work people will find that they will likely be 30 or older, before they have the education and skill level needed to get any job and then it will only be maybe 10-15 years before their mental abilities are in very substantial decline. Long before then people will likely get laid off because they are getting gray, etc, it varies quite a bit but many people start getting creaky.

Thats just unacceptable.

the continuous learning / growing model is better. Even without faster than light travel they would be able to live long enough to travel the very long distances between the stars.

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