Society grants immortality based on a point system measuring social contribution. The elite are immortal while the lower classes age and die normally. The story follows someone trying to game the system to achieve eternal life, exposing the corruption and arbitrary nature of who deserves to live forever.
Models the population ethics of radical life extension: if no one dies naturally, someone must decide who dies. Relevant to triage ethics, death panels, and whether utopian longevity creates dystopian allocation.
Domains: Medicine and Human EnhancementEthics and Philosophy of TechnologySocial Engineering and PsychologyEconomics and Resource AllocationGovernance and Political Systems
Scenario Types: Thought experiment / What-ifWarning / Self-preventing prophecyEthical dilemmaPrediction / ExtrapolationSatire / Social commentary
Outcomes: Ambiguous / MixedCautionaryDystopianCatastrophic
Tags: immortalityexistential-crisispurposeimmortality-ennuiclass-systemmeritocracyimmortality-class-systemdeath-culturemedical-ethics-inversionanti-survivalvalue-divergencedeath-cult-futurepost-deathlicensed-killingpopulation-controldeath-ethicspost-death-professional-killersrejuvenationanti-aginggenerational-disruptionrejuvenation-technologycryogenic-preservation-cultcryonicswealth-privilegedeath-transcendencedeath-cult-global-takeoverdeath-cultmemetic-contagionnihilismreligious-movement