I hope technology can save me, save us all, before the end comes... but until we defeat that 'dragon'. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZYNADOHhVY https://www

I hope technology can save me, save us all, before the end comes... but until we defeat that 'dragon'. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZYNADOHhVY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZYNADOHhVY CGP Gray - Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant ) There's a point where if there is any of me left, which with dementia and other brain destroying disease / injury might not even be anything, it's just prolonging the suffering. Current medical forms don't really give a clear indication about when the infection point on that curve is reached; they assume all in or all out, at least from what I saw when it last came up among my parent's experiences. I know I wouldn't want to be kept around as effectively a vegetable, surviving on a 'port' forcing fluids into my GI tract, barely remembering anything about life and being strung out on many years of suffering. That's the exploitative part you mention. The lack of dignity you mention. The turning a patient into a profit center rather than looking out for their best interests. Maybe someday that won't be the lack of real choice we all currently face. Until then, and maybe even after, give people the freedom to choose. Also give them real choices, like counseling and assistance fitting into society as a productive member who's valued.