You're right, of course. The idea of slowly degenerating and becoming irrelevant like this has filled me with a sense of dread for a long time, although I've la

You're right, of course. The idea of slowly degenerating and becoming irrelevant like this has filled me with a sense of dread for a long time, although I've largely accepted the inevitable now. I would say I'm attempting to get at least one decade of vaguely defined "intense" living. If I can get that it would already be more than what a lot of people get!