if our LIFESPAN is only 10 YEARS, how would it CHANGE our VIEW of LIFE, of LOVE, of EVERYTHING?

Answer 1

We would see death all around us; our nine and ten-year-old parents would die giving birth to us.

We would be children in perpetual mourning and fear for our lives and the lives of those we loved.

As for our behavior, or views, our ability to love, we'd have to decide which to believe:
1. Rousseau (as in "Noble Savages"), or
2. William Golding's children in "Lord of the Flies."

I prefer to believe the former, but with death all about, and no adults to guide us, that tabula rasa wouldn't be so rasa.
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Answer 2

enki, this is impossible to answer. Look at it this way: When life expectancy was only 45-50 years, if people had been asked this question, "If lifespan is 100 years, how..." This will probably be answered from the subjective perception of NOW. Like, if I only had ten years I'd cram everything into it, etc. When we evolve, (longer lifespan--shorter seems a bit of flight of fancy--but isn't that the way you mean it?) we adjust, & live as humans, whatever the perimeters.

Edit: Josh's first two sentences express exactly what I mean, however I can't agree with the last part, because it is an assumption. Therein lies a contradiction.

Answer 3

We will accomplish more and at a fast rate because we know we do not have a longer time than 10 years. However if we all have only 10 years, we will still be kids at 10 years and are we suppose to be talking about love, marriage and sex etc. ? I don't think there will even be a world. 10 years old is the time of puberty for some but not all. We are talking about a normal 10 year old kid; not some genius kid.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Yes, we would all be innocents! Do you remember when you were a child? Your best friend was the most important person in your life! We lived totally in the present! We were untouched and fathomless. intense and pure. A time when we could actually love a YoYo , a bicycle, a baseball glove or a performer. Evil was a concept so alien to us we were impervious to it. I loved my pre-ten life. And ten is still young enough to understand dying. The innocents accept the end easier that us old jaded folk.

This is a big, huge topic and a great question....and a great premise for a novel! I want to read it. I think you should ask eight year olds and ten year olds these questions and write it. She is a girl, call her Gandy.

Answer 6

I don't think it would change at all, just the ratio of time that it takes would change, but if all of our lifespans became 10 years, I should hope that our genetics would change so that we could mature fast enough so that we could reproduce, and repopulate. So actually nothing would really change, except every day we would mature much faster, and everything that we accomplish in life would be the same, simply because that's just the way our life works.

Answer 7

In my life and heart, I live like this already. I live as if every moment is my last, not that I do not value my life..It is the very opposite, I love my life with the intensity and purpose which I feel Creator would want, and in so doing am free and open to all people and experiences.
I do not hold within myself the love that is held by most people, I am more adept at loving than some, and less than some. What I value in my life is nonexistent to our societal views and constraints, their perception is limiting the value of all experiences in life.
Blessings and love

Answer 8

Yes.

Most of the other answers here seem to build around the fact that one is aware of what living a long life is like.

When one have only knowledge of and the possibility of a short life, one won't have a view of life. One won't have time for love or all that ****. People will act on instinct the way wild animals do. Living to procreate.

Answer 9

Humans, no matter what will always have the flaws that they don't try fighting! Here itself more than 3/4 of the world is scared of death...I bet this silly fear will just increase if we knew the exact time of our death. People should be able to love without hating but even with only 10 years I'm sure they'll find a way to introduce hatred!

Answer 10

All else being equal, I would probably start to take things at a more relaxed pace, so time seems longer and more enjoyable. I would no longer try to rush to the "destination" all the time, and instead, I would focus on the journey and the pleasure of simply having an existence that I can be grateful and appreciative for.

Answer 11

It wouldn't change anything. We would just see our life span as 10 years and accept it like we accept 70 or 80 today. One hundred years ago, the life span was 45-50. Everyday would be adjusted in our minds as one less day to live as we see life today. Of course, if it takes 8 years to acquire a doctorate, we would cut it down by a considerable amount of time to achieve it but it wouldn't matter. It would fit the framework of our time consciousness.

If our life span was 200 years old, we would still act the same.