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You're overthinking it. Fatalism has nothing to do with it. I suppose "To die at my time" means to stop worrying about everything that can potentially harm you
by eulgro 2y ago
You're overthinking it. Fatalism has nothing to do with it.
I suppose "To die at my time" means to stop worrying about everything that can potentially harm you, enjoy life, and die whenever your body feels like it. I'm not going to stop eating sugar to save a theoretical year or two, and I'm not going to buy all kinds of air purifiers to save a few theoretical minutes of life or whatever the article says.
What difference does it make if I die at 70 or at 90? Why search so much to prolong life? The value of my life is not measured by its length.
- jhbadger 2y agoI think you must be very young to make that last point. Basically you are saying that your whole retirement life will have no value. As someone who will probably retire in 10 or 15 years, I definitely hope to have a reasonably long and healthy retirement to enjoy. That being said, I'm not going to go to extreme measures like avoiding all sugar (which are scientifically dubious in any case)
- schiffern 2y ago>everything that can potentially harm you I'm guessing you look both ways to cross the road, so you still intervene against some things that can potentially harm you. So we're again left to wonder, why do you draw the line (so vehemently) at these particular measures? Why are these so unduly burdensome? Most likely it's just because they're new and unfamiliar. Or is there a deeper rationale?