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> the overall feeling was one of intense mortality --- a dread of the eventual senility that will probably come with aging, and a realization that when it happe
by MikeCapone 16y ago
> the overall feeling was one of intense mortality --- a dread of the eventual senility that will probably come with aging, and a realization that when it happens again it will likely be once and forever.
Reading about these kinds of things is exactly why I donate to organisations that are working on curing the diseases of aging (mostly http://www.sens.org http://www.sens.org). Nothing scares me more than slow decline and decrepitude.
- Splines 16y agoI'm young right now, but I'm both intrigued and scared about growing old and losing my grasp of my mind. Awhile ago I've decided upon a signal for myself that, should I see it, means "you're crazy and you can't trust yourself". Hopefully I'll recognize it when I see it later, and also have the forethought to deploy it in time. I doubt it'll actually change anything (i.e., if I have Alzheimer's, I'm unlikely to remember the signal anyway and act accordingly) but I like to think of it as a neat little experiment on myself.