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> I value a day in my life much higher at my current age than I would serval decades in the future, and in general I think this is true. Write this down somewh

> I value a day in my life much higher at my current age than I would serval decades in the future, and in general I think this is true. Write this down somewhere for yourself and look back on it in two decades. Personally, this is not true for me when I look backwards two decades ago. I also doubt it will be true when I look back two decades from now.

reddog 6y ago
Nobody wants to live to be 100 except the man who's 99.
Guthur 6y ago
It's also not entirely simple. My mother is over 65 and while at risk due to her age she now has to deal with the fact she can not see her grandchildren which are very important to her. I life in Australia and had intended to visit the UK this year or have her come over, now she will not likely see her grandchildren until sometime into 2021, nearly 3 years since she last saw them. She was also looking forward to seeing my sister with her young kids this Christmas, she lives in the mainland UK, and has had to give that up as well. Whether or not people who frequent HN value human interact much is irrelevant for my mother she very much enjoys seeing her family and that's not happening this year and makes her quite sad.
- paulryanrogers 6y ago
  Different people have different priorities. Some might prefer [risking] death to physically visiting their prodigy less often. Am I correct in assuming this grandparent lives on a different continent than the grandkids?
  - nl 6y ago
    > Am I correct in assuming this grandparent lives on a different continent than the grandkids? >> I life in Australia and had intended to visit the UK this year or have her come over Hard to read that any other way
- XorNot 6y ago
  Nothing says a special visit by gran then it turning out to be her last due to an entirely preventable illness.
thesagan 6y ago
I think it's different for everyone. Myself, two decades ago, I was happier. I'm still happy now, but I was much more exuberant, in general, back then. The zest and passion of youth sort of stuff. I'd rather live through COVID now that I'm older, instead of back then. If I were still in my 20s I'd be very upset over these conditions and how that will compound over the rest of my life. The compounding really, really matters for young people. They're being diminished. It's an extraordinary trolley problem as another poster stated. My view: we're choosing to diminish youth to preserve the elderly. Maybe ok. Maybe not. Probably not; they're the future. I don't know what the balance should be—which way to swing the trolley switch. My judgement is that public debate is shallow, binary, and without nuance. The weakest and poorest suffer as a result. I don't think there's any right or wrong answer here. But lots of people are getting hurt in different ways and in different durations.

reddog 6y ago

Nobody wants to live to be 100 except the man who's 99.

Guthur 6y ago

It's also not entirely simple. My mother is over 65 and while at risk due to her age she now has to deal with the fact she can not see her grandchildren which are very important to her. I life in Australia and had intended to visit the UK this year or have her come over, now she will not likely see her grandchildren until sometime into 2021, nearly 3 years since she last saw them. She was also looking forward to seeing my sister with her young kids this Christmas, she lives in the mainland UK, and has had to give that up as well. Whether or not people who frequent HN value human interact much is irrelevant for my mother she very much enjoys seeing her family and that's not happening this year and makes her quite sad.

paulryanrogers 6y ago
Different people have different priorities. Some might prefer [risking] death to physically visiting their prodigy less often. Am I correct in assuming this grandparent lives on a different continent than the grandkids?
- nl 6y ago
  > Am I correct in assuming this grandparent lives on a different continent than the grandkids? >> I life in Australia and had intended to visit the UK this year or have her come over Hard to read that any other way
XorNot 6y ago
Nothing says a special visit by gran then it turning out to be her last due to an entirely preventable illness.

thesagan 6y ago

I think it's different for everyone. Myself, two decades ago, I was happier. I'm still happy now, but I was much more exuberant, in general, back then. The zest and passion of youth sort of stuff. I'd rather live through COVID now that I'm older, instead of back then. If I were still in my 20s I'd be very upset over these conditions and how that will compound over the rest of my life. The compounding really, really matters for young people. They're being diminished. It's an extraordinary trolley problem as another poster stated. My view: we're choosing to diminish youth to preserve the elderly. Maybe ok. Maybe not. Probably not; they're the future. I don't know what the balance should be—which way to swing the trolley switch. My judgement is that public debate is shallow, binary, and without nuance. The weakest and poorest suffer as a result. I don't think there's any right or wrong answer here. But lots of people are getting hurt in different ways and in different durations.