Indeed immortality brings its own mental problems, like the potential 

for

centuries of boredom.

This problem is a major theme of Vampire: the Masquerade:  Once you've 
lived for several centuries, how do you keep interested in doing 
anything?  One answer has been for the Elder Vampires to become 
increasingly perverse, trying to regain some sense of ``shock'' to their 
(very) jaded pallettes.

One option that may be interesting is that of amnesia - immortals not having
any active memory of the years that they spend.  The memories are "stored"
like files on a computer and only "opened" when they are needed.

Also, what if CT is *not* stagnant?  If their society continues to 
evolve, would not the oldest inhabitants eventually become out-of 
-touch?  After all, how many of you have grandparents who can program a 
VCR, or surf the Web?  Imagine what it would be like to be around trying 
to deal with the technology that was created fifteen generations after 
you were born....

Another option is for development not to have stopped, but merely slowed
down significantly enough for people to adjust to it.

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Andrew Dynon, Eternal champion of all things Iczer and Mekton-Z

"This sudden explosion of flashy special effects can mean only one thing - 
 It's... PARTY TIME!" - Samurai Pizza Cats, "Those Transformin' Felines"

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