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title: ""A Technological Lich is any person who prolongs his/her life through…"
date: 2021-09-28
source: facebook
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# "A Technological Lich is any person who prolongs his/her life through…

*September 28, 2021 · Facebook*

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[https://twitter.com/MartinAshwood/status/1442758705024573443](https://twitter.com/MartinAshwood/status/1442758705024573443){target="_blank"}
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\"A Technological Lich is any person who prolongs his/her life through transhumanist means that rob the person of the form or essence of humanity. \"\
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Lich\'s are undead creatures who typically must do terrible things to other people in order to achieve / maintain immortality. (Often, they must feed on a continuous supply of living humans.)\
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Thankfully, reality is not zero sum, and there\'s no physical reason why our future descendants can\'t all simultaneously enjoy extreme longevity, disease resistance, and intelligence/wisdom augmentation without the costs that lichs impose on others.\
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From the perspective of our mouse-like ancestors, humans are already lichs, ie our essential nature has changed such that we, their descendants, would be unrecognizable to them. I certainly don\'t think that evolving from mouse-ish creatures to the great apes we are today was any great loss or evil. And I don\'t think that the beings that evolve from us will regret whatever changes are necessary to defeat the scourges of aging, disease, and ignorance/stupidity.\
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[https://www.thoughtco.com/the-first-mammals-1093311](https://www.thoughtco.com/the-first-mammals-1093311){target="_blank"}
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