I agree with most of this HQ. I think though that life would still have meaning, but in a more limited sense.henry quirk wrote:Phil,
If it were possible to edit life/lives as you suggest, living would cease to have meaning. The finite-ness of living, and the irrevocability of the past, makes for the meaningful striving in the here and and now, with a mind to shape the future. Easy editing or revision of the past, easy resurrection, these terminate the need to strive, to impart meaning, to hope.
There'd be no need to punish, no need to self-direct or -defend, no need to 'try'.
Absolute power, in this circumstance, doesn't corrupt, but enforces stasis by way of unlimited malleability.
PhilX