> This guide presents our evidence-based recommendations for maximizing your impact over a 1000-year career.
jdlshore•7mo ago
Yes. It’s categorized under “fiction,” and gets increasingly ridiculous/funny (tastes vary) as you go along.
MonkeyClub•7mo ago
Yep, my comment was a PSA of sorts, since it seemed some took it for marketing drivel instead of fiction.
throwawayoldie•7mo ago
The tipoff is how at the very start they casually talk about the "Methuselah Treatment" in a tone that suggests that it's such a well-known thing that they don't need to explain the first thing about what it is.
After all, if it turned out there was a reliable treatment that extended human lifespan to 1000 years, it would be the biggest news since...well, ever. Or maybe second to "SINGULARITY EXPLODES IN 'BIG BANG': MATTER, ENERGY NOW EXIST".
sandspar•7mo ago
High fantasy novels often deal with long-lived people: immortal elves. Fantasy authors have come up with different ways for elves to occupy their time. Off the top of my head:
- master crafts (e.g. build guitars for 100 years)
- reminisce (sink so deep into memory that you lose track of passing days)
- count seasons instead of days or weeks ("I'll see you 4 summers from now" instead of "I'll see you tomorrow")
MonkeyClub•7mo ago
From TFA (emphases mine):
> This guide presents our evidence-based recommendations for maximizing your impact over a 1000-year career.
jdlshore•7mo ago
MonkeyClub•7mo ago
throwawayoldie•7mo ago
After all, if it turned out there was a reliable treatment that extended human lifespan to 1000 years, it would be the biggest news since...well, ever. Or maybe second to "SINGULARITY EXPLODES IN 'BIG BANG': MATTER, ENERGY NOW EXIST".