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Stealing time

Posted by Trevor in transhumanism on Jun 29th, 2009 | View Comments |

Theft is generally considered an immoral act but if I could I would steal time from the universe. The longer I am here the clearer it becomes to me that the amount of time in a typical human lifespan will not be enough to satisfy me. I have not yet had time to learn to fly planes. I haven’t had the gathered the time or money to design and build my underground home. I’m still not a guitar player. I don’t even have my master’s degree yet. Everything feels rushed.

If I knew I’d have 500 years to figure out what I want to be when I grow up how would that change my outlook? How would it rearrange my life plans? What things would I do differently?

The more I think about time, the more I resent those who steal mine. Filling out forms, waiting in lines and being forced into activities that involve wait cycles or completely avoidable repetitive tasks irritate me in the extreme. I want my time for myself. I want to spend it doing the things I dream about. We should live longer than we do and reach higher than we do. Why is it so hard for humans to spend their time well? Perhaps because we do not teach the right things.

I want to become a time thief. I want a longer life.

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Andy

Trevor, I'm still very young and yet I can understand where you're coming from. I couldn't have wrote it any better. Thanks

Dale

Hi, Trevor. When you age, you begin to look at the naive differently. Soon you realize that the problems in the world are because others do not have your life experiences. Then you wonder if it is ever possible thta peace can exist. The answer is not until everyone else is as old and as wise as you.

trevorsnyder

No matter how old and wise I become I'm pretty sure someone else will be older and wiser than I am. I hope I get to meet them and have a beer.