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08148692 t1_jec2fl0 wrote

Reply to comment by KhellianTrelnora in immortality: Humans will attain immortality with the help of 'nanobots' by 2030, claims former Google scientist by Vailhem

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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