What If The World Never Ends?

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What if, one far-off day, humanity were to achieve everything they could ever hope to? The comfort might be nice... but how would you cope with an eternity of boredom?

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[No-ucfg]

Surprised you didn't mention the patch of sidewalk grass that nobody has ever stepped on in the last 17000 years, and the guy who cuts the grass uses a ride-on mower so he never has stepped on it either. I really like that part. It highlights how routinesque life has become.

[kingkapybara]

One small criticism I have with this type of stories about immortality is that the immortals remember what happened thousands of years past. I can't even remember what I ate for lunch a week ago. I think people would forget what happened or what they've done if enough time passed. Remembering more than that, is a super power by itself.

[bulabula]

YES, more people needed to hear about 17776, and it's sequel 20020. Legitimately one of the most creative stories I've read, and one of the few I've read multiple times. I'm so glad you did a video on it.

[MysticalMutant]

This still felt very much like a disguised dystopia, but I did like the part about finding joy in the small things regardless of how insignificant they are.

[XBlondieX]

I couldn't help but imagine spending my eternity building shit in Minecraft. With all that time on your hands you could actually explore every inch of the world and even use up all the resources and cover every inch of it with cool builds

[PurpleRhymesWithOrange]

This sounds like a world where artists and fiction writers would be the most valuable people in society, and we would have unlimited time to dedicate to our crafts. I could actually write my novels without having to dedicate time to earning enough money to survive.

[ayaehab]

the heaven bit reminds of "The good place", when they find that the good place is a place so routinely boring, the residents hate it there.

[XaviusNight]

I've always felt that a 'perfect paradise' isn't one where there is no conflict and no want, but rather one that *always* resolves it - there's never any loose ends, there's never any dissatisfaction. Because otherwise, it's not perfect because people would get bored, and then there's want and conflict again against the very idea. A perfect world isn't one where you are just given what you want, but a world where absolutely everyone gets what they want after working for it, and it is engineered to feel satisfying to their level of desire and effort.

[xjohnny]

Lack of conflict does not equal boredom. Without the constant stress of physical survival, I would write books, make games, become an expert woodworker, get a masters in horticulture then another in astrophysics. I could fill a century just with the random things in my head right now. I would bet that 10, 000 years would go by and I would still have a ton of things left on my to-do list.

[cineblazer]

I think another fascinating look at a utopian future that's really, truly a utopia is Becky Chambers' _A Psalm for the Wild-Built._ It is set in a solarpunk world where people no longer have a monetary system, where everyone has food, water, and lodging, and where crime is unheard of because everybody is always looked after and genuinely cared for. And yet, the main character of the story still feels distress when they wake up every morning. The book is about their own personal journey to understand their purpose in life, and what it means to *have* a purpose in life, and whether they *need* a purpose in life, and it's delightful. It also features a wonderful robot character who actually reminds me a lot of you, Tale Foundry! Its name is Mosscap and it's such a great character :)

EDIT: A quick internet search yields that the name of this channel's host robot is Talebot. I don't know if that's accurate or not, but I addressed them using their channel title because I wasn't aware of any other name for them :)

[Ryleona_]

A perfect utopia can not be boring as the possibility of boredom means it isn't perfect.

[adamosgood]

This is like playing an open world single player video game. At first I want to do everything, explore every inch. Get to know the map and it’s secrets. Eventually you do, and you get everything your character could possibly want. At that point I quit the game and never play it again.

[FullPounder]

A wise man once said
"Living forever means having enough time to explore the world so thoroughly that you could consider each and every blade of grass a landmark"
That wise man is me. I thought of it while on a walk the other day.

[KayBbyXOXOXO]

I feel like everyone would take to weird LARPing with like d&d villages, actual piracy making a comeback, weird cyberpunk cities, and a petition every ten years to make evil robot dragons just to have something bad

[KaraHendricks]

“A thing isn’t beautiful because it last” and this story I feel describes why this is true in a good way, thank you tale foundry for introducing another great story to us

[zelgeb]

To live with eternity, is to embrance the silliness and wonder of a child that never thinks on the end of days. Loved the history.

[idklol]

my favourite part of 17776 is where the hubble space telescope gets brought up for 1 line for like a cutaway gag

[cryolitegem]

This sort of makes me think of Rain World. The Ancients were stuck in an endless cycle, and wanted nothing but a way out. If they died, they’d come back, endlessly. They achieved incredible things, all in the effort of finding a way to die and stay dead, a way to completely disappear forever, and end that endless cycle.

Conversely, ask any Houseki no Kuni (aka Land of the Lustrous) fan what they think, and they’ll tell you they would’ve wanted nothing more than the story of the Gems to go on endlessly, free of the suffering that plagues them.

I’m personally a fan of both, though a much bigger one for the latter. My take on an endless life of stagnation is that l don’t think I would mind it as much as one may think. I’d have endless time to do anything I’d ever want to do, and once I’ve done everything, I’d come up with something new. For the things I already know, I could learn them even better. In a world without death and with endless time, I see it as a world without the dread of an ever-approaching ending.

[anominon]

Life is already boring, at least I wouldn't also be constantly stressed. We stagnate in real life often because we have to do the same thing day in day out and never have time for things we'd like to do or learn or create etc. or because of depression or other problems. Feeling like there's no point because we'll never have time, not the opposite.

[BenLWolf]

"there is only this, forever". Welcome to life, buddy. It's always the same. Eternal life is no more intimidating or terrifying than life now. You'll wake up, go to work, work, come home, go to sleep, rinse repeat.