LeperColony
Traveller Card Game Dev Team
With personality wafers and advanced cloning (or robotics), why does anyone important "die?"
Legal restrictions seem unlikely to sufficiently inhibit any of the truly powerful (especially, say, an emperor), even if they do restrain ordinary people.
Social customs may be more effective than legal prohibitions, but I doubt they'd be either universal or strong enough to prevent a sizable percentage of people who want immortality. Same with religious objections.
Expense? Sure, for common people. Though it would seem that many people on high tech worlds would save for immortality the way we save for retirement today.
Legal restrictions seem unlikely to sufficiently inhibit any of the truly powerful (especially, say, an emperor), even if they do restrain ordinary people.
Social customs may be more effective than legal prohibitions, but I doubt they'd be either universal or strong enough to prevent a sizable percentage of people who want immortality. Same with religious objections.
Expense? Sure, for common people. Though it would seem that many people on high tech worlds would save for immortality the way we save for retirement today.