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> “What I do may sound extreme, but I’m trying to prove that self-harm and decay are not inevitable” Taken literally, it seems that he is starting from the con

> “What I do may sound extreme, but I’m trying to prove that self-harm and decay are not inevitable” Taken literally, it seems that he is starting from the conclusion and working backwards, and may be thoroughly disappointed. The question posed in scientific terms would be more akin to "Are self-harm and decay inevitable?" It's also a little bit pathetic how some of the ultrawealthy seem to have the hardest time confronting their own mortality.

rom-antics 4y ago
I think a certain proportion of the rich and poor alike fear death. But only the rich have the means to (try in vain to) do anything about it. And of course only the rich pay news outlets to write puff pieces about themselves.
- ClapperHeid 4y ago
  >And of course only the rich pay news outlets to write puff pieces about themselves... Which comes across as tempting fate, to me. "Hey, international press, I'm spending millions every year, so I can live forever!" [Cut to hooded figure, sharpening scythe] <small caps>REALLY?</small caps>
owlglass 4y ago
While I do agree that this much fear of mortality likely warrants mental rather than anti-aging therapy, commercial applications like these are likely to motivate more research that generates actionable insights for your average person.
Nevermark 4y ago
> It's also a little bit pathetic how some of the ultrawealthy seem to have the hardest time confronting their own mortality. Putting one's resources to best use isn't "pathetic". If you do anything to maintain your health and longevity, proportional to your resources, then you are doing the same as a rich person with a private doctor. I expect natural biological death won't be so inevitable long before the end of the century. Sometimes rich people are like everyone else, but living just a little further into the future.
afunctionof 4y ago
The wealthy are the only people who meaningfully can, and they're the only people who have a reason to. Being poor sucks. There's no point to life; if I was hit by a bus or jumped in front of a car while on break today at my miserable, entry-level job, it'd be okay for the world and I wouldn't feel like it was a loss for me. It'd actually be better. I wouldn't be wasting all daylight hours working a job I can't stand and being too exhausted when I get off of work to even read. I was only afraid of death when life had hope. Now that I'm pretty much poverty-trapped, at least for the next few years, I'm fine with death. Death is for the miserable people in the world. If you have the means to avoid it, your life is good enough to justify avoiding it. Life is great when you have time and low stress, so there's no reason not to try and preserve it.
- shrimp_emoji 4y ago
  >Life is great when you have time and low stress I don't think anyone has those, even the rich.
  - forgotpwd16 4y ago
    Depends on kind of rich. If you inherited your wealth it won't be strange if you've nothing to worry.
    - wnolens 4y ago
      Everyone I know of this ilk is utterly miserable (n=4). They may never need to work, but their life's work is just coping with that fact (or something)
    - renox 4y ago
      I wouldn't be so sure 1) managing correctly your free time isn't easy. 2) each time you meet someone you don't know if he/she's after your money..
  - dsfyu404ed 4y ago
    The more I make the more I have to think about is it worth my time to do stuff myself vs spending the money to save the time. I'm not gonna say it's ruined my hobbies and forms of recreation as my career progresses but having that range of decisions to make instead of just being able to default to low cost doesn't make them more enjoyable.
DoingIsLearning 4y ago
> It's also a little bit pathetic how some of the ultrawealthy seem to have the hardest time confronting their own mortality. The man has the money and the time to do this and believes in open-sourcing his 'recipe', good for him. Also on mortality you can accept that your time is finite and still wish to have a disease and pain free old age, the two are not contradictory.

rom-antics 4y ago

I think a certain proportion of the rich and poor alike fear death. But only the rich have the means to (try in vain to) do anything about it. And of course only the rich pay news outlets to write puff pieces about themselves.

ClapperHeid 4y ago
>And of course only the rich pay news outlets to write puff pieces about themselves... Which comes across as tempting fate, to me. "Hey, international press, I'm spending millions every year, so I can live forever!" [Cut to hooded figure, sharpening scythe] <small caps>REALLY?</small caps>

owlglass 4y ago

While I do agree that this much fear of mortality likely warrants mental rather than anti-aging therapy, commercial applications like these are likely to motivate more research that generates actionable insights for your average person.

Nevermark 4y ago

> It's also a little bit pathetic how some of the ultrawealthy seem to have the hardest time confronting their own mortality. Putting one's resources to best use isn't "pathetic". If you do anything to maintain your health and longevity, proportional to your resources, then you are doing the same as a rich person with a private doctor. I expect natural biological death won't be so inevitable long before the end of the century. Sometimes rich people are like everyone else, but living just a little further into the future.

afunctionof 4y ago

The wealthy are the only people who meaningfully can, and they're the only people who have a reason to. Being poor sucks. There's no point to life; if I was hit by a bus or jumped in front of a car while on break today at my miserable, entry-level job, it'd be okay for the world and I wouldn't feel like it was a loss for me. It'd actually be better. I wouldn't be wasting all daylight hours working a job I can't stand and being too exhausted when I get off of work to even read. I was only afraid of death when life had hope. Now that I'm pretty much poverty-trapped, at least for the next few years, I'm fine with death. Death is for the miserable people in the world. If you have the means to avoid it, your life is good enough to justify avoiding it. Life is great when you have time and low stress, so there's no reason not to try and preserve it.

shrimp_emoji 4y ago
>Life is great when you have time and low stress I don't think anyone has those, even the rich.
- forgotpwd16 4y ago
  Depends on kind of rich. If you inherited your wealth it won't be strange if you've nothing to worry.
  - wnolens 4y ago
    Everyone I know of this ilk is utterly miserable (n=4). They may never need to work, but their life's work is just coping with that fact (or something)
  - renox 4y ago
    I wouldn't be so sure 1) managing correctly your free time isn't easy. 2) each time you meet someone you don't know if he/she's after your money..
- dsfyu404ed 4y ago
  The more I make the more I have to think about is it worth my time to do stuff myself vs spending the money to save the time. I'm not gonna say it's ruined my hobbies and forms of recreation as my career progresses but having that range of decisions to make instead of just being able to default to low cost doesn't make them more enjoyable.

DoingIsLearning 4y ago

> It's also a little bit pathetic how some of the ultrawealthy seem to have the hardest time confronting their own mortality. The man has the money and the time to do this and believes in open-sourcing his 'recipe', good for him. Also on mortality you can accept that your time is finite and still wish to have a disease and pain free old age, the two are not contradictory.