Man, you said it way better than I did. I love your metaphor.
I kind of think a lot of this has to do with the combined physical stamina deterioration and loss of hormones. If our bodies stopped aging at, say, 30-ish, I don't know if we'd get quite as world weary. Eventually. Statistically, dying from mishap would prevent it from going on forever. The author Asher Royce has a universe where people are effectively immortal; there's a common theme that around 200, people go through a second mid-life crisis where they become highly risk-seeking; they take up risky hobbies, like wingsuits or free-climbing; some large percentage of the population never make it through this phase. It sounds like a reasonable prediction, to me.
Man, you said it way better than I did. I love your metaphor.
I kind of think a lot of this has to do with the combined physical stamina deterioration and loss of hormones. If our bodies stopped aging at, say, 30-ish, I don't know if we'd get quite as world weary. Eventually. Statistically, dying from mishap would prevent it from going on forever. The author Asher Royce has a universe where people are effectively immortal; there's a common theme that around 200, people go through a second mid-life crisis where they become highly risk-seeking; they take up risky hobbies, like wingsuits or free-climbing; some large percentage of the population never make it through this phase. It sounds like a reasonable prediction, to me.