(Some side questions to ask yourself)
Would people be more lax in the pursuit of wordly gains? Or be greedier? Would more people be educated? Would there be more tolerance, religous, racial, gender oriented, or political?
Would people be more likely wether or not to be spiritual?
Would it effect world trade/economy?
Would the unequal distribution of wealth/food be felt even more since there are more people living at any given moment?
Does the crime rate or other negative statistics (poverty/homelessness, etc.) rise at a constant level? Or would all stats of any kind equally increase across the board at a predictable amount?
These are only some subtopics I can think of off the top of my head, and maybe I might have put down stuff that doesn't make sense, but i'm sure you get the idea. It would be cool to get like a "thinktank" approach to this question going on so we can "paint a picture" of this scenario...This is just for fun by the way. Thanks!
2007-05-08 20:28:30 · 5 answers · asked by cpc26ca 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Wow, these are all great answers!!! Hope to get some more!!!
2007-05-09 02:26:12 · update #1
Well the worst thing I can think of right now is we would all have to work longer years and may not be able to because of our health...
Our homes would need more repairs and cars would need to be fixed or sold and space would be used up if all housing were being used for people to live in, so more would have to be built cause no one was dying...
It's just my feeling that if we are living longer, then things in our lives will need attending to longer...
2007-05-08 20:39:04 · answer #1 · answered by aspenkdp2003 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would like to believe that people would be in less of a hurry all the time. Today, everything is based on time because we have such a limited amount available to us. However, if our lifespan were doubled, we should slow down a bit, right? I think a longer life would create more problems than benefits. I don't think people would be more or less spiritual--those who believe in God will usually always believe in God--or that the amount of education would change. Most people today are so anxious to get out of school, I doubt longer-living people would feel any differently. However, the effects on the economy and world trade would be enormous. Since the only way we could double our lifespan would be through science, and not every country can afford that kind of scientific research, the range of lifespans would be vastly different. Basically, longer lifespan would make the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. In easier terms.
2007-05-09 03:42:38 · answer #2 · answered by soph_the_soph 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People would be more educated, and those very old f@rts would have a gigantic advantage on the younger--their long experience would make it easier for them to see the motives of what's going on around them and predict what will happen next.
One wild card is the awareness of time. As you get older, any particular unit of time will seem smaller. A year is an eternity when you're less than a year old, still an eon when you're ten, but seems like a few days when you're 80. Now imagine at 180.
2007-05-09 03:54:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't want to be a 80 years old man that live for 160 years. It would be great if I can remain 20s for 40+ years.
2007-05-09 04:29:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first thing that came to me was , there will be a lot of worn out and tired people here on earth
2007-05-09 04:06:21 · answer #5 · answered by pattijohughes 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋