Comment Card's Worthing Saga (Score 1) 392
I am rereading Orson Scott Card's The Worthing Saga right now. It presents an ethical problem that I havent seen brought up yet. In this story, the galaxy is governed by the planet Capitol. On Capitol, a new class system has developed through the use of a drug called Somec. Somec essentially allows for extended suspended animation. The rich and powerful sleep for many years, and wake for a very few, allowing them to seemingly live forever. This breeds coruption and stagnation, and ultimatly brings about the end of all civilization for thousands of years.
If suspended animation can be implemented, there must be strict regulation on how and when it can be used (space travel.) It should not be used as the play thing, or the escape from death, of only the rich and the "powerful." What if George W. was in power for the next 1000 years?
If suspended animation can be implemented, there must be strict regulation on how and when it can be used (space travel.) It should not be used as the play thing, or the escape from death, of only the rich and the "powerful." What if George W. was in power for the next 1000 years?
