X-Message-Number: 21165 Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:01:36 -0700 Subject: Elders (was Re: Old rules/ new rules) From: (Tim Freeman) From: "Mark Plus" <> >I have half a contribution: > >Old rule: > The elders are wise. > >New rule: > Well, I don't know if there is a new rule yet... How about: The elders may not be wise because most of their learning happened in fundamentally different circumstances from the present. >Perhaps a society coming to grips with radical life extension will try to >set up conditions where maturing people learn "wisdom" whether they are >predisposed towards acquiring it or not, instead of leaving the process to >happenstance as is the case now. I don't think it takes decades to develop good judgment, so I don't think life extension is relevant here. Someone should figure out what wisdom is and start teaching it in second grade. >Who would want to live in the alternative outcome, a world of >life-extended people who fail to acquire good judgment? The problem is living in a world with high technology and a populace with poor judgment. We're arguably already there without radical life extension, so IMO life extension isn't an important part of the issue. -- Tim Freeman GPG public key fingerprint ECDF 46F8 3B80 BB9E 575D 7180 76DF FE00 34B1 5C78 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21165