I agree; the idea that people would retain their consciousness for eternity is very distasteful to me, if only because I've seen too many Star Trek episodes where disembodied consciousnesses (that's a mouthful) have gotten up to too much mischief.

I really think there HAS to be SOME motivation for us to *go* and *do* - otherwise all you have is boredom as motivation, and we all know what kinds of things the human mind comes up with when bored .... EEP!