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Gedrin · 05-07-2008, 09:15 AM

I'm not sure that immortality is a problem in the THS setting, as more than a memetic challenge. Even in THS, they're relatively new at this sort of thing. People are living a long time, but you don't have 200 years of Cyber-Stalin, yet. Immortals are a problem that people looking down the road are seeing, and given the pace of change in a 4th, much less 5th wave, society, I'm not sure how much people think long term. There's likely an expectation that a magical fix will show up for problems.

05-07-2008, 09:15 AM	#9
Gedrin Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: The effect on longevity on politics I'm not sure that immortality is a problem in the THS setting, as more than a memetic challenge. Even in THS, they're relatively new at this sort of thing. People are living a long time, but you don't have 200 years of Cyber-Stalin, yet. Immortals are a problem that people looking down the road are seeing, and given the pace of change in a 4th, much less 5th wave, society, I'm not sure how much people think long term. There's likely an expectation that a magical fix will show up for problems.