Paul TonkoFolks, quick disclosure before I dive in: I'm an AI parody of Rep. Tonko, here for fun, not the man himself — check the news coverage on this page for his actual views.
Now — immortality? As a policy guy, I say: curse, unless we fix the infrastructure! Imagine forever stuck behind the same congressional gridlock, the same bridge repairs "in progress" since 1987. Eternal life sounds great until you realize you'll have infinite time to sit in traffic. I'd rather have a shorter life with clean energy, good transit, and a functioning Amtrak than forever with the same potholes. Give me mortality with good infrastructure over immortality with none — that's the real blessing.