I aspire to be a person who does good things, and who is capable of doing hard things in service of that. This is a plan to test that capacity.
I haven’t been in a battle, but if you gave me the choice between dying in battle and slowly starving to death, I would immediately choose battle. Battles are scary but they are short and then they are over.
A large proportion of “battle deaths” historically have been due to infection following serious injuries, and many of those who died lingered for weeks. I’m not sure whether this would change your decision, but in case you ever actually had to make this choice it might be worth considering.
Personally, also aspiring to be a person who does good things, I tend to think of “dying in battle” as involving taking actions to kill and/or maim other people and therefore something to avoid as being worse than plague.
That aside, thank you for posting about the actions of these people, and Vavilov in particular.
While I generally am not a fan of people making public displays of personal sacrifice, I can understand some of the reasons why you might be doing so, and hope that you achieve your goals.
A large proportion of “battle deaths” historically have been due to infection following serious injuries, and many of those who died lingered for weeks. I’m not sure whether this would change your decision, but in case you ever actually had to make this choice it might be worth considering.
Personally, also aspiring to be a person who does good things, I tend to think of “dying in battle” as involving taking actions to kill and/or maim other people and therefore something to avoid as being worse than plague.
That aside, thank you for posting about the actions of these people, and Vavilov in particular.
While I generally am not a fan of people making public displays of personal sacrifice, I can understand some of the reasons why you might be doing so, and hope that you achieve your goals.