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It’s so weird people are talking about immorality being bad without discussing the affect on child rearing and family structure.

Are we going to be fertile our entire lives? Interesting the topic doesn’t come up much. But let’s say we are.

My parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents (etc) are still alive and producing more siblings, aunts/uncles, etc.

The phrase aunt/uncle would no longer have age implications. In terms of caregiving, my wife, mom, and grandmother might all be pregnant and raising kids at the same time.

In practice, the family tree would be flattened.

Organizations would have similar issues. I’d have to compete against developers with 500 years experience. Even with respecialization, some skills transfer.

If Shakespeare were still alive would we have an Oscar Wilde? Would it matter, since Homer is around too?

In that regard, what language would we be speaking? There are quite a few Ancient Greek speakers still kicking I guess. But Enheduanna is still here too, chanting her Babylonian Hymns to Inana on the synth I guess.



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