Infinity upstaged

摘要

Do you want to live for ever? If you stopped and thought it through, you might answer no. Picture yourself . among those doomed to life without end. Do you become manically active and seek to accomplish everything? Or do you see the future of unending tomorrows as a good reason to do nothing today? What do you make of religion that promises everlasting life? How does your community decide on appropriate punishment for crime when your only choice is either depriving someone of an infinite future or locking them up for an insignificant few years of an infinite lifespan? Then there are the perils of making a decision when you can be plied with advice by every past generation of your family...