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HeinrichTheWolf_17 t1_ixgxnh1 wrote

Reply to comment by KeepItASecretok in Lex Fridman's father is pro-immortality by SpiritedSort672

I think those religious and mythological traditions will dissipate when aging is cured, by the time we abandon the monkey suit altogether those ways of thinking will certainly be extinct. A lot of it is just Stockholm Syndrome.

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Education-Sea t1_ixh22o2 wrote

"The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living"- KM

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HeinrichTheWolf_17 t1_ixh2v7w wrote

Yeah, I think half of it is tradition and the other half is a coping mechanism, humans don’t live a long time, so they need myth, religion, spirituality and philosophy to explain their short finite lifespan. Half of the reason these spiritual traditions exist is because of the sting of death, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism all try to ease the reality of coping with permanent loss.

Nobody treats death like they treat a morning cup or coffee or the last dump they took. It’s been a an Achilles Heel in that losing people around us needs an explanation (I don’t think it does TBH). I think soon both Ageism and Deathism will be obsolete.

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div414 t1_ixhe8wu wrote

That is wishful thinking.

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HeinrichTheWolf_17 t1_ixhjlfh wrote

It’s not going to happen overnight, but it’ll lessen more and more over time.

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