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KhellianTrelnora t1_jebtqa9 wrote

Yay. So much for longing for the peace that only death can bring. I get to work forever!

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08148692 t1_jec2fl0 wrote

Even saving small amounts of money, if invested well you'd be able to live comfortably off the interest after only a century or so of work. A blink of an eye in the time span of an immortal life

Einstein said something smart about compounding interest but I forget what it was

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OG_Tater t1_jectbf7 wrote

If everyone’s lifespan was infinite then money would adjust to that.

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gurenkagurenda t1_jee8sun wrote

“Invested well” is carrying a lot of weight there. The safe money is that you won’t beat the market, and unless we continue to have exponential economic growth forever, eventually that interest will fall off.

I think it’s actually more realistic to hope that we’ll end up in a post-scarcity world in the next century or so, where money is more like Reddit karma — a mild incentive, rather than a necessity.

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