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The old addage.. "If you can't beat them then join them" becomes more true to me everyday as I get older. Accumulate wealth and "escape" the system.

redblacktree 9y ago
Honest question: Do you have children? I used to feel as you do, but now that I have children, it's a lot less easy to check out on things.
- meddlepal 9y ago
  I do not not, but I am not sure my perspective would change though the motives might... Accumulate wealth so my kids lives don't suck. It's going to be even harder for them in the future.
  - s73ver_ 9y ago
    Having children rarely contributes positively to the "accumulate wealth" goal.
craftyguy 9y ago
You actually cannot escape it, no matter how deep you bury your head in the sand.
- marnett 9y ago
  buy gun. buy land. build cabin. read? write? would that work for some time?
  - Jach 9y ago
    It could work. It could work better if you're in a tight community of like-minded people and are able to build families.
wavefunction 9y ago
Only the very richest approach any sort of 'escape' from the system and that's really only with regard to the laws of human society. That's why they're desperate to 'solve' aging.
- Jach 9y ago
  If the very richest were desperate to solve aging, SENS would have no need of further funds. JME is not even close to very rich, yet he's done pretty well at escaping the system. http://adventurebuilders.club/ http://adventurebuilders.club/
acdha 9y ago
That’s not an option for most people and it only goes so far. Climate change affects the entire planet. Disease, crime, and unrest are hard to escape and wealth increases your risk of becoming a target for the latter two.
AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y ago
One has to wonder at the reasoning of a person who complains that the world sucks and decides that the solution is to make it suckier for their own benefit.
- dsfyu404ed 9y ago
  If you live in a dump why not litter? I'd have no problem with "political litter" in the state I currently reside because it's a corrupt, mismanaged dump. If I moved back to where I used to live I'd care.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y ago
    > If you live in a dump why not litter? How do you think it got to be such a dump?
    - dsfyu404ed 9y ago
      Social acceptance of corruption and mismanagement
- neuronexmachina 9y ago
  It's essentially the "betray" outcome of the prisoner's dilemma from game theory.
Roqrqw12 9y ago
Please don't abandon the rest of humanity. There is still hope.

redblacktree 9y ago

Honest question: Do you have children? I used to feel as you do, but now that I have children, it's a lot less easy to check out on things.

meddlepal 9y ago
I do not not, but I am not sure my perspective would change though the motives might... Accumulate wealth so my kids lives don't suck. It's going to be even harder for them in the future.
- s73ver_ 9y ago
  Having children rarely contributes positively to the "accumulate wealth" goal.

craftyguy 9y ago

You actually cannot escape it, no matter how deep you bury your head in the sand.

marnett 9y ago
buy gun. buy land. build cabin. read? write? would that work for some time?
- Jach 9y ago
  It could work. It could work better if you're in a tight community of like-minded people and are able to build families.

wavefunction 9y ago

Only the very richest approach any sort of 'escape' from the system and that's really only with regard to the laws of human society. That's why they're desperate to 'solve' aging.

Jach 9y ago
If the very richest were desperate to solve aging, SENS would have no need of further funds. JME is not even close to very rich, yet he's done pretty well at escaping the system. http://adventurebuilders.club/ http://adventurebuilders.club/

acdha 9y ago

That’s not an option for most people and it only goes so far. Climate change affects the entire planet. Disease, crime, and unrest are hard to escape and wealth increases your risk of becoming a target for the latter two.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y ago

One has to wonder at the reasoning of a person who complains that the world sucks and decides that the solution is to make it suckier for their own benefit.

dsfyu404ed 9y ago
If you live in a dump why not litter? I'd have no problem with "political litter" in the state I currently reside because it's a corrupt, mismanaged dump. If I moved back to where I used to live I'd care.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y ago
  > If you live in a dump why not litter? How do you think it got to be such a dump?
  - dsfyu404ed 9y ago
    Social acceptance of corruption and mismanagement
neuronexmachina 9y ago
It's essentially the "betray" outcome of the prisoner's dilemma from game theory.

Roqrqw12 9y ago

Please don't abandon the rest of humanity. There is still hope.