With immortality, future generations also “almost immediately” get as old as the mortal humans historically considered “old” (the infants in the first century of their lives). Not squandering resources is a novel uplifting and governance problem that requires novel solutions rather than variations on poorly fitting mortal catastrophes.
if the current generation decides how the cosmic endowment is used, the vast majority of people will almost certainly squander it
With immortality, future generations also “almost immediately” get as old as the mortal humans historically considered “old” (the infants in the first century of their lives). Not squandering resources is a novel uplifting and governance problem that requires novel solutions rather than variations on poorly fitting mortal catastrophes.