You can construct similar arguments for other topics:
everyone should go to war once, to experience fights, and learn why peace is so valuable
everyone should get severely hurt once, to learn to value his body
And from recent experiences: everyone should get a root canal once to learn to take care of his teeth.
Heartbreaks are not necessary in my book.
I do think I have a richer human experience because of the fights I’ve been in, and the heartbreak I’ve felt.
I’m not sure, if it for ″everyone.″ I tend to assume the future should be a place of less coercion, not more.
But I could see the value in a human race that partook of severe injury as an occasional vice in the same way as say, spicy food.
severe injury as an occasional vice
I count this possibility as a major point in favor of Sufficiently Advanced medical technology.
Yup.
But on the other hand, those who want those experiences should not be banned from having them.
You can construct similar arguments for other topics:
everyone should go to war once, to experience fights, and learn why peace is so valuable
everyone should get severely hurt once, to learn to value his body
And from recent experiences: everyone should get a root canal once to learn to take care of his teeth.
Heartbreaks are not necessary in my book.
I do think I have a richer human experience because of the fights I’ve been in, and the heartbreak I’ve felt.
I’m not sure, if it for ″everyone.″ I tend to assume the future should be a place of less coercion, not more.
But I could see the value in a human race that partook of severe injury as an occasional vice in the same way as say, spicy food.
I count this possibility as a major point in favor of Sufficiently Advanced medical technology.
Yup.
But on the other hand, those who want those experiences should not be banned from having them.