What do you guys think about the idea of living to 500?

The question isn't whether we actually like the idea, but rather, is it even useful?

Cutting life short serves as a way to reset the database, sure, but it doesn't touch consciousness or karma. If you believe in reincarnation, an individual enters their next life somewhat refreshed. A single 500-year lifespan where you're stuck in the same rut—unable to improve due to your circumstances, your psyche, or whatever else—isn't nearly as productive as living five separate lives where you can actually achieve a new level of consciousness freed from the baggage of the past.

Another potential, legitimate path out is transhumanism, which could theoretically bypass all of this within 500 years. My only fear is how much that supposed utopia would look like a total dystopia, and what would actually happen to our consciousness in the process. 🤔

Jeffrey Fisher5 said:Well, please—go ahead and find me anyone who would actually prefer someone unattractive, aged, and destitute...☕

@Maria Robinson2:
One hundred is far too low—we should be talking about at least five hundred, provided we're dealing with a healthy twenty-year-old.

I certainly wouldn't object to the physique of a healthy twenty-year-old, though I would have some serious reservations regarding the consciousness—and the complete cessation of its further development.

What a silly argument... you just say the word and it's done! 😲

Eternal life is just a fancy way of describing hell. Imagine being stuck watching human stupidity for 500 years straight? Is there actually a worse curse than that? 😲

crimsonwolf21 said:Eternal life is just a fancy way of describing hell. Imagine being stuck watching human stupidity for 500 years straight? Is there actually a worse curse than that? 😲

I’m right there with you on that one...

crimsonwolf21 said:Eternal life is just a fancy way of describing hell. Imagine being stuck watching human stupidity for 500 years straight? Is there actually a worse curse than that? 😲

Wait, you think 500 years counts as "forever"? 🙄 🙄 🙄

Morgan Walker3 said:The question isn't whether we actually like the idea, but rather, is it even useful?

Cutting life short serves as a way to reset the database, sure, but it doesn't touch consciousness or karma. If you believe in reincarnation, an individual enters their next life somewhat refreshed. A single 500-year lifespan where you're stuck in the same rut—unable to improve due to your circumstances, your psyche, or whatever else—isn't nearly as productive as living five separate lives where you can actually achieve a new level of consciousness freed from the baggage of the past.

Another potential, legitimate path out is transhumanism, which could theoretically bypass all of this within 500 years. My only fear is how much that supposed utopia would look like a total dystopia, and what would actually happen to our consciousness in the process. 🤔

Probably not. Not since five hundred years ago—or maybe even further back... all the way down to infancy. We just end up restarting from zero, over and over again, until we finally admit that this whole thing is just completely pointless...

That’s a wild idea. A heavy one, too. Honestly? I feel like if people were living that long all by themselves, most would eventually just end it. Most of us, anyway. There’s a certain logic to being limited by time—focusing on what we achieve, pushing our bodies, riding those life cycles, and even dealing with the setbacks we have to overcome. It gives things weight. I can't even wrap my head around how everything would change if you stretched a single life out to 500 years. To me, it feels like everything would just lose its meaning.

fadedbison said:Wait, you think 500 years counts as "forever"? 🙄 🙄 🙄

Well, it’s still a slice of eternity—a solid 500 years of it. 🤔

Richard Wells said:That’s a wild idea. A heavy one, too. Honestly? I feel like if people were living that long all by themselves, most would eventually just end it. Most of us, anyway. There’s a certain logic to being limited by time—focusing on what we achieve, pushing our bodies, riding those life cycles, and even dealing with the setbacks we have to overcome. It gives things weight. I can't even wrap my head around how everything would change if you stretched a single life out to 500 years. To me, it feels like everything would just lose its meaning.

Meaning is something you create for yourself. Maybe people lived that long a long, long time ago, but they did it because the quality of their existence actually supported it.

For the last 70 years, we've measured human progress by how many people survive infancy or early childhood thanks to medical breakthroughs—basically, using science to fight off death. But while we might be living longer on average, life feels increasingly hollow. Even when we have material comfort or abundance, it's often because of a flawed mindset and the psychological poison we constantly pour into our own hearts.

Look, if someone lived to be 500, whether in the ancient past or some distant future, it wouldn't be because of some medical "miracle." It would be because they maintained the stability of their nervous system and kept their blood flowing healthy. They'd have to bypass all that naive hype about how "human civilization has never been more advanced" or how "science is responsible for everything." That's just wishful thinking.

Living for 500 years? Please. LOL
I mean, unless your life is so incredibly boring that you're basically already dead inside, why would you even want that? Besides, most people who live like they're invincible end up checking out by their 30s or 40s anyway. How are you supposed to make it to 500 if you can't even hit 50?

Before I even stumbled upon this thread, I was actually telling my buddy the other day that I’m aiming for at least 700. Why am I stressing about death right now when I've got centuries to go?
And honestly, I look like I'm ten years younger than I actually am. I’ve got this daily routine down that—based on what you said—could probably add a couple of years to my life. It only takes an hour a day. Plus, I switched over to clean eating and staying hydrated. At the end of the day, age is just a number; you're only as old as you feel, right? 👍😁
Certain things definitely speed up the aging process, but does that hit everyone the same way? Who knows. 😛

Honestly, my life is anything but boring. Not even close. But I still can't help thinking that all my goals and ambitions wouldn't feel quite as meaningful if I knew I had 500 years ahead of me versus just living to 70.

You know that saying? If you really want it, you can make anything happen 😁
And honestly, that’s just a rough estimate for guys around age 75 😢. Women usually outlast us. Probably because they don't deal with as much unnecessary stress in life, you know?

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If we were somehow blessed with 500 years of life, I honestly think human consciousness would stay stuck in its ways—one single generation would probably end up holding the whole world hostage for five centuries.

So, really, it’s better to just let the arrow fly...🍿

Perhaps human history is most effectively reshaped through the lens of fantasy.

Anthony Perez9 said:Honestly, I’d rather just vanish than deal with some non-revocable immortality that never actually ends. 😲

I totally get wanting to check out, but seriously—if you weren't here, how would you even function? Like, how would you live if you didn't have the option to just call it quits?

How do you take away the option of suicide? There always has to be a way out of that hell, because if I didn't have one, life would just be endless suffering.

Maria Robinson2 said:Perhaps human history is most effectively reshaped through the lens of fantasy.

But wait, if fantasy isn't the driver, what else moves the needle?

Truth be told, reality always finds a way to pull everyone back down to earth...

fadedbison said:Wait, you think 500 years counts as "forever"? 🙄 🙄 🙄

Look, if we actually had the tech right now to live for 500 years, you can bet your ass we’d figure out how to hack immortality within that timeframe—technology doesn't just sit still. Sure, 500 years isn't mathematically infinite, but for all intents and purposes, it damn well is.

crimsonwolf21 said:Look, if we actually had the tech right now to live for 500 years, you can bet your ass we’d figure out how to hack immortality within that timeframe—technology doesn't just sit still. Sure, 500 years isn't mathematically infinite, but for all intents and purposes, it damn well is.

That sounds cool on paper, but who would even want it...?

The collective mindset of our society in this century is still stuck in the era of plantation slavery—it takes much more than five or six generations to finally shake off the habit of treating people like property.

crimsonwolf21 said:Look, if we actually had the tech right now to live for 500 years, you can bet your ass we’d figure out how to hack immortality within that timeframe—technology doesn't just sit still. Sure, 500 years isn't mathematically infinite, but for all intents and purposes, it damn well is.

Technology and spirituality... they just don't seem to play well together.