Quote: (01-22-2014 02:09 PM)Eirykr Wrote:
Yes, but who cares? All of human achievement and knowledge will fade away forever.
As long as there are humans willing to preserve human knowledge and achievement, human knowledge and achievement will be preserved, period.
Yes, one day the Sun will explode and the solar system will be roasted, but by then humans should be colonizing other planets (outside the solar system).
Moreover, I happen to believe that preserving human knowledge and achievement is fighting the good fight, the only one worth fighting. If you want to just quit and go all "Carpe Diem", that is your choice. I happen to believe that the good life is lived when one catches a glimpse of eternity and immortality, not when one is rushing to live as much as possible before wrinkling up... because YOLO.
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