Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jan 23, 2015The human drama must seem incredibly tedious to aliens with a lifespan of 1000+. 90% of life effort is clumsy rediscovery of old life-truths137
zem@zem42·Jan 23, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr betting said aliens spend 90%+ of their life thus too! 1000+ years gives you that many more old life-truths to accumulate1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @zem42@zem42 Wowbagger would argue, you're done by year 150 and there's nothing left to do after that.5:28 AM · Jan 23, 2015
zem@zem42·Jan 23, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr hah! true. i was thinking of the story about a man obsessed with finding an immortality drug. spends his life travelling the galaxy ...11