Wonderful post, @scandinavianlife, thanks for sharing these thoughts; I agree with almost everything you say here and recognize more than I like to admit ;-) Glad you're doing well. It's funny how that works, isn't it? What I mean is, what we get scared of most in life is uncertainty, which comes paired with the feeling of a lack of control you describe so eloquently: will I wake up tomorrow, will my son survive in traffic today on route to school, have I earned enough to pay the mortgage this month? We are scared in the dark because not seeing what's ahead brings a great deal of uncertainty. It is funny then, that we are most scared of the biggest certainty in life: we will fucking die indeed.
But that's just what makes live so precious, and why we're able to enjoy all moments we share with our loved ones. It's what drives us to get things done, because we do not have an eternity to accomplish our tasks, fulfill our wishes and reach our goals. It is why immortality would be the end of our ever evolving humanity in my opinion; immortals can always postpone things to tomorrow and have all the time to get lost in anxiety attack after anxiety attack...
Thanks for making us think about this! Upvoted, resteemed.
Very true my friend. I suppose immortality could be something not to wish for? I haven't quite made up my mind about that yet..I think that we will be immortal (if we choose to, or have enough money) in the future. It wouldn't be "that complicated"..extract your brain into a supercomputer and live in VR for the rest of eternity? Or download your brain into a USB and plug it into any cyborg of your choosing. Or more likely..not immortality, but very prolonged life. What are they saying? That 160-180 years is very possible in the near future with drugs, knowledge about food and exercise, genetic screening etc. But after 160-180 years..difficult. I'm very excited about research on telomers.
But as you say..wouldn't eternal life just make us lazy and postpone everything? Thus making us anxious? Perhaps we cannot enjoy life or be fully human unless we also have death hanging over us..:)
Oh, and thank you so much for nice words and upvote and resteem!: Appreciate it!
Thanks for being a source of inspiration also; you gave me the idea for my next article :-)