Re: immortality, I've recently re-watched the episodes The Girl Who Died & The Woman Who Lived from Series 9 of New Doctor Who and the point made there, with which I agree, is that an immortal person would likely be a succession of different people, because the human mind cannot hold on to everything it would experience over too many hundreds of years. They would tend to remember only the most recent decades and be shaped by them while the more distant past slowly dissolves into nothingness, together with their former personas. Yes, they could read everything ever written, but they'd probably remember about as much as we do.
All the "ordinary" people they have a connection with would be gone in the blink of an eye, while traumas would accumulate, so they'd risk becoming unhappy misanthropes. Even the Doctor needs to regenerate from time to time, changing face and personality (and lately doing rehab out or order, cleaning the mental gunk that has accumulated over a few thousand years).
I kind of like the way things are set up in the real world - we do our bit and then make space for other people, who deserve as much as we do to live and read and explore and experience.
The only negative part of immortality for me would be departing from the loved ones again and again, and losing parts of my identity with them. So I would try to overcome this. 😅
Re: immortality, I've recently re-watched the episodes The Girl Who Died & The Woman Who Lived from Series 9 of New Doctor Who and the point made there, with which I agree, is that an immortal person would likely be a succession of different people, because the human mind cannot hold on to everything it would experience over too many hundreds of years. They would tend to remember only the most recent decades and be shaped by them while the more distant past slowly dissolves into nothingness, together with their former personas. Yes, they could read everything ever written, but they'd probably remember about as much as we do.
All the "ordinary" people they have a connection with would be gone in the blink of an eye, while traumas would accumulate, so they'd risk becoming unhappy misanthropes. Even the Doctor needs to regenerate from time to time, changing face and personality (and lately doing rehab out or order, cleaning the mental gunk that has accumulated over a few thousand years).
I kind of like the way things are set up in the real world - we do our bit and then make space for other people, who deserve as much as we do to live and read and explore and experience.
And a bit of shameless self-promotion, since you're interested in this topic - one of the books I've translated some 3 years ago has finally been published and it is about (some form of) immortality: https://carturesti.ro/carte/toate-fantomele-din-masinarie-2452018887?p=1&t=c_quick-search&s=fantomele+din+masinarie
It's non-fiction and explores the theme of digital immortality/legacy. It was an interesting read, perhaps you'd like it.
The only negative part of immortality for me would be departing from the loved ones again and again, and losing parts of my identity with them. So I would try to overcome this. 😅