Advanced technology has tended to get cheaper over
time, often dramatically
That's because as far as technology in the software industry goes, the bottleneck has been our own knowledge.
That's why space travel to inhabitable planets is nothing more than an utopia right now, because for achieving the speed of light we need efficient fuel that can power a space-ship for several years. As far as this problem goes, our knowledge of the universe is not the only bottleneck -- building such a ship will also be freaking expensive in terms of material resources consumed.
You really shouldn't confuse technological advancements in silicon chips manufacturing with anything else. Moore's law is severely limited to a niche ;-)
the alternative is to slowly sicken and decay into
oblivion before you've had even a single century of
life. This should not be a tough decision!
Advocates of immortality are completely oblivious to the social challenges this will bring.
First of all -- nobody will be able to have children anymore, since that will over-populate the planet. It's already happening since humans don't have natural enemies and we live in times of peace.
Yet as a species we feel the need to have children. Personally I would give my life just so my 1 year-old boy could live a happy life. And while it saddens me that one day he too will be dead, I don't want to rob him of one of the most enjoyable and fulfilling purposes in life -- that of raising children of his own.
Of course, this is a problem of humanity in general -- we tend to be selfish mother-fuckers.
