While I see your point for the most part, I wouldn’t want to end my life rather than “suffer” 50 years of bliss prior to dying. The only horror there is the lack of economic productivity, human relationships, etc. in the meantime (which are also correlated with death) and the potentially high cost. I might prefer death over going deeply in debt or badly sapping social services (for reasons of pride), but if I was productive enough to save up all the necessary funding prior to the event I don’t see why there is a problem with spending it on 50 final years of chemical bliss.
Now, if there was a chance of reviving when those 50 years are over, or benefiting from additional cryonics and anti-aging progress, I’d be much more willing to go into debt for it or sap social services. Because in that event the probability would be significant that I could pay it back. Heck I’d be willing to put up with quite a bit of torture for the chance to extend my life thousands of years.
While I see your point for the most part, I wouldn’t want to end my life rather than “suffer” 50 years of bliss prior to dying.
I wasn’t saying that everyone would agree with my analysis of every situation I gave, only that most people have a point at which they will decide life isn’t worth [fill in the blank].
While I see your point for the most part, I wouldn’t want to end my life rather than “suffer” 50 years of bliss prior to dying. The only horror there is the lack of economic productivity, human relationships, etc. in the meantime (which are also correlated with death) and the potentially high cost. I might prefer death over going deeply in debt or badly sapping social services (for reasons of pride), but if I was productive enough to save up all the necessary funding prior to the event I don’t see why there is a problem with spending it on 50 final years of chemical bliss.
Now, if there was a chance of reviving when those 50 years are over, or benefiting from additional cryonics and anti-aging progress, I’d be much more willing to go into debt for it or sap social services. Because in that event the probability would be significant that I could pay it back. Heck I’d be willing to put up with quite a bit of torture for the chance to extend my life thousands of years.
I wasn’t saying that everyone would agree with my analysis of every situation I gave, only that most people have a point at which they will decide life isn’t worth [fill in the blank].