It would be cool to become immortal, wouldn't it? It seems that if you live forever, you can live without denying yourself anything and always be happy and carefree. It is not surprising that some rulers of ancient times were ready to do anything to get the elixir of immortality. For example, the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huangdi organized entire expeditions to find the secret of eternal youth. Ultimately, the ruler died due to mercury poisoning, which was contained in the composition of the remedy for eternal life created by court physicians. Immortality seems like a priceless gift to us, but in fact, people who live forever would ultimately be the most unhappy people on Earth. Read our article and see for yourself.
Perhaps immortality is the worst thing that can happen to humanity
What will the medicine of the future be like
Perhaps if only one person on Earth had immortality, he would be fine. One can even assume that he would be the ruler of the entire world. After all, with an infinite amount of time, he could become the smartest and wisest person.
The only immortal man in the world could well become the ruler of the entire world
But let's imagine that science and medicine have developed to such an extent that every person has achieved immortality. Doctors have learned to treat all diseases, transplant pig hearts, perform head transplant operations, and so on. How would our world change if no one died of old age? The authors of the What If Show project gave the answer to this interesting question. And we believe that they are right in their predictions.
What will the future of humanity be like?
As of 2024, there are more than 8 billion people living on Earth. If humanity suddenly invents a cure for all diseases, human relationships will completely change. Lifestyle changes will also affect and so on.
First of all, people would stop creating families. Usually, marriage ties people for life, but with immortality, hardly anyone would want to stay with the same person forever.
Immortal people would hardly start families
In addition, people would think very carefully about procreation – why continue it if no one dies and there is no more space on Earth? The problem of overpopulation already exists today, and with the immortality of 8 billion people, this problem would become one of the most important. However, perhaps with the development of the technological process, people would start flying to Mars and other planets.
Eternal life would also mean eternal work. If everyone suddenly stopped working, we would all simply die of hunger. No pension program could feed people if they retired at 65 and then never died.
Eternal life means eternal work
If adults worked forever, they would become more and more skilled over time. This is a big plus, but if all the work in the world is done by experts, what should the young do? Older workers must be replaced by younger ones, because without this, progress is impossible. In general, in an immortal world, humanity would be marking time.
And in general, with immortality, we would lose the meaning of life. What's the point of appreciating each day and enjoying the moment if there are countless of them ahead?
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When humanity will become immortal
Ultimately, it turns out that universal immortality will only bring grief to humanity. There will be little space to live, for adults every day will turn into work, and young people will start to idle and fall into depression. Without fresh minds, technological progress will get bogged down in one place, and the meaninglessness of their existence will be reflected in people's eyes.
It is worth noting that humanity may achieve immortality by 2029 — there are already prerequisites for this. At least, American futurologist Ray Kurzweil has long been confident of this. He believes that by this time we will have reached technological singularity. In simple terms, thanks to artificial intelligence, technologies will develop at a previously unimaginable speed.
How do you imagine the future of humanity?
A futurologist predicts that the most important invention in the field of medicine will be tiny robots. They can be injected into the human bloodstream so that they can treat all diseased organs. It sounds like science fiction and the futurologist is criticized by many great minds of our time. But what if he is right?
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