Why Forever Sounds Like Hell
Ask someone if they want to live longer and they’ll say yes. Ask if they want to live forever and watch their face change. Something about infinity breaks our intuition. We can imagine being 90, maybe 120. But 1,000 years? A million? The mind rejects it. I think the terror comes from boredom. Not the kind you feel on a slow Tuesday. The kind that comes after you’ve done everything....