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Charlie Stross | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Most economists agree that by the time you're 40, you should:
- be able to change sex instantly at will
- regenerate tissue damage and grow strange new organs
- abolish capitalism and bring about fully automated luxury gay space communism three times a day
- go about preceeded by a cortege of adoring robot octopi (or sabercats, according to preference)
- transcend economics
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8c5dacb1 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @0c1a9324 I can have at least one of the sabrecats next to me, rather than preceding me, right?
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00fd3138 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @0c1a9324 I want both the cats and the robots.
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0e851270 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @0c1a9324 "regenerate tissue damage"

As someone who is pushing 50 and realizes that healing takes longer than it did when I was 30, this hit hard. I'd love to be able to go into a "healing sleep" and wake up 8 hours later with all my injuries/aches/etc healed.
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25a77003 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @0c1a9324 I'm putting in an order for saberweasels or at least arguably housetrained ferrets.