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But isn't medical topics even less relevant for me today? I'm 28, so if everything goes right I have 20 to 30 years before I'll need any kind of life saving fr
by guard-of-terra 13y ago
But isn't medical topics even less relevant for me today?
I'm 28, so if everything goes right I have 20 to 30 years before I'll need any kind of life saving from medicine. And in 20-30 years the landscape might be very different, so for me medical topics are not of any importance at all.
Unless they let me to grow hair or teeth; or customise my body and mind.
- dakrisht 13y agoWRONG. Medical topics are more relevant for you today than have ever been before. The best medicine is preventative medicine and if you start a proactive approach now, you'll live longer. Not by waiting until you get a disease and then trying to figure out how to cure it using the latest technology. You could have a genetic mutation in the next five minutes, the more you know, the better prepared and proactive you'll be. Healthcare has never been more important than it is today for all walks of life. I'm sorry, but that was one of the most mind-blowing comments I've read on HN.
- guard-of-terra 13y agoBut I really don't want to spend any time today on using medical devices (that's the acquired company does, right?) The probability of me having a genetic mutation is low given no family history. I don't see the point of being old for so long it takes half of your life. I want to live my life and then be done with it at the age of 70, perhaps? Unless they find a way to make youth longer. Not even middle age - youth.
- auctiontheory 13y agoHealthcare may be important (especially for our economy), but if you believe that the average 20-something needs to be popping pills as preventative medicine, then you have been completely brainwashed by big-pharma advertising.