I was going to pass on this as &quot;too personal&quot;, but thought better of it and dug it out again, mainly due to the &quot;curse&quot; answer, to mention that I could easily spend 1000 years just <i>reading</i> all the books I&#x27;ve bookmarked as &quot;would like to read someday&quot;.<p>Multiply by 5-10x to properly understand the subject matter (it&#x27;s not fiction I&#x27;m talking about). And that&#x27;s just what&#x27;s available right now, not counting all the stuff that would keep pouring out while I&#x27;m reading.<p>Along the way, I would obviously want to use my suitably enhanced mind (brain-computer interface, maybe genetic manipulation down the road) to apply what I&#x27;ve learned, and contribute to the subjects I&#x27;ve found most interesting. And go places, obviously - with centuries to burn, the solar system would be well within reach, maybe even the stars.<p>1000 years is not nearly enough.