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Having seen people die - dying is something that you should if not fear, then consider carefully. We live in a society that actively frowns on allowing a humane
by groby_b 6y ago
Having seen people die - dying is something that you should if not fear, then consider carefully. We live in a society that actively frowns on allowing a humane exit and would like to prolong life at any cost. Make your decisions up front, and document them. Figure out what you want done in the face of laws that might not agree with you, and how to get it done.
As for not being there - you still are. You have touched innumerable lives, for better or worse, as you live. You shape those lives by what you do, and you live on in the effects you had.
No more HN or chocolate though. I'll miss chocolate.
- whatshisface 6y ago>As for not being there - you still are. You have touched innumerable lives, for better or worse, as you live. Okay, just getting real for a second, that is definitely a trick redefinition of "being there" to something other than what was originally being referred to. Kind of like if I stole a kid's lollypop, and when he complained, I told him that as long as he remembered the lollypop, he would still have it.
- groby_b 6y agoI'm not sure it's a "trick definition". We define nature by observable side effects. You are simply your observable side effects. That's the key difference to the lollipop. Remembrance is not an observable side effect of lollipops. That tree I planted is. That person whose career I helped improve still has an improved career. Etc. That's one of the two ways you live. The other one is the experiences you have. Sure, you can optimize for that, but as far as we all know it pretty much stops when you die. So I prefer option 1.
- whatshisface 6y ago>Remembrance is not an observable side effect of lollipops. Yes it is, it's manifested in the physical re-arrangement of the kid's neurons.