In pursuit of immortality

Why is immortality to be valued above all else? Pro gives two reasons: 1) "Opportunity for change"2) Triumph through struggle "When the chips are down, Mans nature shines better"The first reason makes sense, With an unending life, There are limitless choices for change, To make one's life better. While this makes reason makes sense, It gives the argument that immortality is to be valued because it gives opportunity to improve one's life. Immortality is a tool for improvement, Not valueable for its own sake in this case. For a value to be a value, Especially a value that supercedes all other values, It must be desirable for its own end, For its own sake, Not to have a basis in another value. In this case, The primary value is the oppturnity to change life for the better, Rather than immortality itself. The second reason runs into the same problem as the first, Finding triumph in and through struggle is the basis for immortality's value. I'm arguing that, Above all else, Surviving and becoming stronger through struggle is the greatest human value, Even moreso than immortality. Throughout life there is struggle, That is invetiable, And it is how struggle is managed and overcomed that determines the quality of life. Too many people have given up, Have been broken and defeated by life to continue their struggle. More important than living forever is to live in the present, To find ways to love and care for others and for ourselves, To release an inner strength and find that life is worth living, That life is worth the struggle. If one does not find meaning in life, Then there is no point in living in forever. One must find the desire to live first for immortality to be a value. This is why triumphing through struggle and finding purpose in life are greater values than immortality, Because one needs to learn how to gain strength through struggle and find meaning in life for physical eternal life to be a value. Why immortality should not be valued over all else:For a value to be pursued over all other values, It needs to be a universial human valueMany people want to dieFor immortality to be achieved, People can't dieSince people want die and people can't die if immortal, Immortality is not a universial human valueTherefore, Immortality should not be valued over all elseImmortality should only be a value for those who desire immortality, Even some people who desire to live do not desire to live forever, They want to live a full life and life to have a natural endImplications of immortality:Death is the ultimate motivator, Some are motivated by these reasons, "Since I'm gonna die anyways, I might as well live while I can""I need to do all I can before I die" Since life is finite, It gives motivation for humans to achieve with the time we have left, Remove death and the motivation to achieve everything we can before dying is removed. This major removal of motivation can result in stagnation and depression, Some even finding solace in eventual death and avoiding suicide because life will end anyways. Immortality should not be valued over all other values for many reasons:Not everyone wants to live foreverDeath is a primary motivator for human advancementImmortality only has value as a means to the ends of improvement and triumphing through struggleLearning how to achieve and overcome through struggle is paramount throughout all of human existence, To both present mortals and potential future immortals.