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Ideas change one death at a time, as new people come into the world and old people leave. I consider 'getting stuck in a rut' a consequence of becoming too comfortable with your life as it is; such that you are no longer prepared for your life's situation to change. Unless these immortals were open to change they would be lost in the past. Maybe immortals would all be cranky old drunks trying to forget the world because they are so confused by the modern world.
However, I also recall a conversation with my old Government teacher, who talked about how, when he was young and involved in the civil rights movement in the south, they were often helped by the elderly. The people had seen so much, he claimed, that they came to realize that what was happening wasn't right.
I imagine that immortals would have a tremendous cability for understanding, because they have seen so much. They could become wealthy because they could try, try, and try again. They could make all of the possible mistakes, then try yet again a decade later. They would be fascinating to talk to, I imagine. Maybe one or two of them would even get to the point where they could understand women!
It would suck if the whole population came too live too much longer. A world filled with perfectly viable bi-centarians would leave no room for the youth to get anywhere.
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