If you think you have the aptitude for it, you might consider starting a business. You can make it so you’re totally free of time and location, and have a fair

If you think you have the aptitude for it, you might consider starting a business. You can make it so you’re totally free of time and location, and have a fair bit of money. It requires a bunch of upfront work, but then you’re free. For hedonism or more useful purposes. (Though directly working on the problem is more effective than what I suggest) And yeah, 68% in 50 years is a lot. Our default trajectory is very bad. But if all those who see this collapse into hopelessness, what chance do we have? And the book is just a short story. A cautionary tale against believing that a happy life can be hedonism in youth with a planned early end. Most older people, it turns out, still want to live, once they get older.