Saturday, June 10, 2017
A 1000-Year Life Expectancy hr594
I’ve heard some scientists and science-fiction writers say the average
life expectancy of humans will get even longer fast and we could soon
live up to 1000 years old. If it’s true, it’s a huge game changer.
Supposing I live until 1000 years old, the shape of my life will be
entirely different as of today. First of all, the pace of living will
get slower. I won’t have to hasten anything since I’ve still got more
than 900 years left. I won’t fuss over the quick completion of my new
song for which I’ve been deep into mastering. When I complete it without
hurry, I will move on to another song and take plentiful time to finish
it again. Even such a slow worker like me can stock ample songs in over
900 years. With that duration of time and the number of songs, the odds
can be better that one of my songs could be found by some chance and be
a smash hit, which will make me a celebrity and lead me to Monaco to
live in. Secondly, I will be freed from fear of aging. I seriously
resist getting old, sometimes quite hysterically. Of course no one likes
to see their skin sagging and all wrinkled. But when I see my
deteriorating looks, I feel a deadline for making my dreams come true.
Getting older means getting closer to the deadline for whatever we
haven’t yet achieved. The sense that we might not make it is dreadful if
we have something to accomplish. Now that the deadline is well over 900
years away, how peaceful I can feel for the moment! I don’t have to
pronounce my dreams dead just yet. The day could come when I see people
all around the world listen to and hum my songs. If I moved in Monaco at
the age of 300, I could live there for almost 700 years. In the course
of 1000 years, it could become a common practice that a human body is
replaced by a cyborg. Aging could be extinct. I could be a ballerina as I
dreamed of when I was a child. Or, I would be the president of the
united world when I’m 500 years old. As a simpler alternative, I could
win the lottery before I die, since the odds turn good with the
innumerable lotto strips I will get in over 900 years. That could give
me a come-from-behind fortune. By making a smart investment of it, I
could end my life as a team owner of Formula One. It seems anything is
possible once I have 1000 years. This rapture is weirdly familiar to me.
My grandfather. He had the habit of saying he would live until 100
years old when I was little. Back then, not so many people lived so long
and everyone of my family used to scoff at him. Although he couldn’t
reach 100 but died at 96 years old, it was close enough to his fantasy
goal. In that respect, I could go as far as 900. But I noticed a long
life expectancy is not necessarily all good. Life requires money. I’ve
made ends meet with bare life so far in my life. As anything is
possible, it’s also possible this state continues as long as I live.
1000 years of financial worries? It definitely sounds like a living
hell…
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