I very much hope that both my parents will be able to choose their ending within the next couple of decades.
They likely won't, and I have therefore discussed silk-road-esque sources of drugs with them after they have lamented their lack of choices.
They're both OK at the moment, but have been lucky to get through some health issues.
We don't think it's worth pursuing legally assisted suicide, either nationally or internationally. The bureaucracy would be too draining and unlikely to come through for us.
I very much hope that I will be able to choose my own fate in the next 2-5 decades. Again, I likely won't, and I suspect I too would theoretically be going through the black market.
(As a family, we have seen the worst of cancers, dementia etc. And I am assuming that neural implants won't get there in time to treat my inevitable brain degradation).
This story is about as dull and naive as a 14-year old girl writing in her journal saying if she isn’t married to the boy of her dreams by 19, then there is nothing else worth living for.
The 57-year old author claims that he knows that by 75 he will have lived a “complete life”. No need for his useless self to hang around at that point. Sounds like a real blast to hang around with.
Me at event with author when he’s 73: “oh, did you hear that Microsoft is gonna try to invent a... ah, never mind. Keep forgetting you’ll not be here to enjoy it. Uh, if you don’t mind, I’m going to head over to those people there who are discussing the future of our world, departing wisdom to remaining generations, and who, well, basically haven’t quit on themselves and those who love them”.
On the other hand, since this Atlantic piece is torrid clickbait, I can’t particularly defend his departure in 18 years. Can we get all the other trollers to agree with him? I think he’s essentially saying he will be out of blog grenades by then, so he might as well take off.
Seriously, what his insidious underlying point is, which he’s apparently to homely to admit, is that older people have little use. Sad.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 17.7 ms ] threadWe don't think it's worth pursuing legally assisted suicide, either nationally or internationally. The bureaucracy would be too draining and unlikely to come through for us.
I very much hope that I will be able to choose my own fate in the next 2-5 decades. Again, I likely won't, and I suspect I too would theoretically be going through the black market.
(As a family, we have seen the worst of cancers, dementia etc. And I am assuming that neural implants won't get there in time to treat my inevitable brain degradation).
The 57-year old author claims that he knows that by 75 he will have lived a “complete life”. No need for his useless self to hang around at that point. Sounds like a real blast to hang around with.
Me at event with author when he’s 73: “oh, did you hear that Microsoft is gonna try to invent a... ah, never mind. Keep forgetting you’ll not be here to enjoy it. Uh, if you don’t mind, I’m going to head over to those people there who are discussing the future of our world, departing wisdom to remaining generations, and who, well, basically haven’t quit on themselves and those who love them”.
On the other hand, since this Atlantic piece is torrid clickbait, I can’t particularly defend his departure in 18 years. Can we get all the other trollers to agree with him? I think he’s essentially saying he will be out of blog grenades by then, so he might as well take off.
Seriously, what his insidious underlying point is, which he’s apparently to homely to admit, is that older people have little use. Sad.