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Old 05-08-2011, 08:27 PM   #307 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by Arragonis View Post
If where we are now is the ultimate limitation on what we can do then we have two choices - withdraw to circa 1700, or decide not to.
No, because life isn't one-dimensional: we have a choice of many (probably an infinite number) of directions.

The important thing to realize is that on our current path... well, if you plotted each of the multitude of factors that go into making up "quality of life" (and accepting that most of them are in some degree subjective), you'd see that many if not most of them have peaked, and are heading downwards.
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