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>> "How old are you now? It's very easy to say you're not scared of dying when it's a distant, abstract concern that you aren't really confronted with." That's
by k-mcgrady 10y ago
>> "How old are you now? It's very easy to say you're not scared of dying when it's a distant, abstract concern that you aren't really confronted with."
That's the odd thing - I'm definitely scared of dying. I don't want to die - now. But I can definitely see a tipping point. I guess it maybe depends on how happy you are with your life. If I was financially secure and could spend my life doing what I liked 100% of the time then maybe there isn't a reason not to keep living. Otherwise I just feel like eventually I'll get exhausted overcoming one challenge after the other.
- AstralStorm 10y agoIt is not like this kind of longevity would be impossible to opt out of. Why not try it first instead of dissmissing it out of hand?
- k-mcgrady 10y agoIt might be quite hard to opt out of unless society vastly changes it's views on dying. I brought this up in another comment. [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12272372 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12272372