You have been given a choice to become immortal. Would you?

[Arvind Passey]

If given a choice, yes... I mean who wouldn't want to be immortal? However, one needs to understand that it is never people who are remembered but their work. Through a work, a person gets immortality. Without the backing of deserving work, a person is just a name... and there may be others going by a similar name.

[CamillaMilla]

I would definitely become immortal if given the chance. Imagine all the things you could see and do. I love to travel and I know within a lifetime I won't be able to visit every country and all the amazing places they have to offer. However, if I was immortal than I would have the time to visit every place that I have ever dreamed of, I would have the time to learn every language, read all the books, learn the science behind the ordinary, and I will be able to experience the world changing and evolving throughout the centuries.

[MythicDrmR]

Due to my reading choices, I have thought of this from time to time. The biggest problem with immortality would be the loneliness. I already feel the separation between myself and those who are younger, for instance the students in my middle school classes were all born after 9/11 and have no concept of the world before this event. Party lines are mysterious in a smart phone world. Family and friends gone, able only to watch their descendants grow, age and die. Day to day and year to year the connection with others dwindling into the distance, while I remained physically untouched -- a new sort of Dorian Grey -- the truth hidden inside. Immortality is not a gift I desire.

[innocentdemand]

It's an interesting thought for sure. No one likes to get older, but I don't want to see everyone I love die either. I think I'd have to pass on immortality.

So much this. I've suffered enough losing loved ones, but to watch them all go without me? No thank you. I'd end up even more depressed than I am now having to go through that.

[cherlyn]

Hmm.Not really

[mhausee]

Yes. I can do so much being immortal. A hundred years won'r be enough to accomplish those things.

[Janetleighgreen]

This book looks really interesting. Thank you for the review.

[matildajay]

A bit late here but here goes...I think initially, the idea of immortality would captivate anyone by its sheer impossibility. Although with further analysis, people thrive off of relationships and community, and to know from the beginning, that every single person you become close to... you will eventually watch die, is kind of the ultimate downer.
On that basis alone I don't think I could go through with it, unless there was some sort of "greater cause" that you could accomplish by doing so. Although I feel as though that only happens in books in movies, and even then the character often chooses immortality over eternal life. I mean take a look at Arwen from the Lord of the Rings, she gave it up to be with someone she loved and it supposedly worked out for her.

Despite all that, as someone previously mentioned the necessity to always keep your real identity a secret sounds like the ultimate hassle. I mean a lot of people can be pretty oblivious, but even the most dopey notice if you look 20 years old 40 years later. In short, yeah there'd be perks, but overall not worth it.

[DrPanda]

Fortunately(or unfortunately?!) enough, we may see this become possible in our lifetime!

[darry_77]

If being immortal is the opposite of extinction or stop existing, then I would choose immortality. Immortality does not necessarily mean 'not change'. Being immortal and always changes sound okay to me and they can go together, side by side.

[Christina O Phillips]

My first reaction is, "Yes, definitely," but there are things I would have to take into account.
Would I be in my 30-something-year old body forever? Would I age slowly? Would I be able to be healthy for the length of my immortality? (The geek in me is asking if I'd be like a vampire or the aging Wolverine I just saw in Logan?) If I could be healthy and young, yes.
What about finances? If those weren't an issue, yes.
Would I have to hide the way vampires are shown to have to move and come up with new identities? That would not be a reason to say no, but it's something I'd need to know.
I would love to be immortal and have the chance to see different things like empires and changes and advancements.

[Winay Kumar]

when there is a Start then there should be an End. Similarly when there is a Birth then there should be an inevitable Death. So I don't choose Immortal .
A Meaningful Life is better than Immortal Life.
Life is Precious so it should posses a Meaningful END.

[wdmonty]

Absolutely not. While the idea is intriguing, one has to remember that others around you (people you care for) may not be immortal. You would have to go through their deaths, the deaths of their children, and so on. The sadness would constantly weigh on you. Plus, the danger and excitement of life would be gone if you knew you would never die. Nothing could be exciting anymore. The lack of danger would cause a lack of thrilling incidents. Milestones would mean nothing in your life; you would only be waiting for the next one to occur with no end in sight. Milestones only mean something because it is a struggle to make it to that point. There is no way I would want to be immortal.

[morris]

Sure, it’d be awesome to see the future. Sure, it’d be fantastic to not have to worry about dying or not having enough time. Sure, I’d be able to accomplish anything that I wanted to, master any skill, rule the world/galaxy/universe.

[Beautician 200]

I think that we are basically immortals but we change in state of being from body to another body or from body to soul

-- 07 Mar 2017, 15:44 --

I think that we are basically immortals but we change in state of being from body to another body or from body to soul