The infinite game brings with it the moral imperative to do anything that keeps the game going in a more generative way, and I think seeking memory immortality qualifies. I’d certainly like the memories of some interesting person who died the day I was born grafted onto my mind. The human body, being a product of evolution, is not perfectly designed. Some parts of our body are under-designed: our teeth and bones aren’t really meant to last more than about 40 years, so we have to start taking strange measures to life-extend those parts. But some parts of the human body are also over-designed.
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