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The @nytimes asked me to write about 'what it means to be human today.'https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/opinion/life-is-short-thats-the-point.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fthe-stone&action=click&contentCollection=opinion®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection …
This was the most profoundly unethical, anti-life, anti-utilitarian, and morally disgusting thing I've ever read in a major newspaper. Astonished that anyone could take such a callous and inhumane view of existence that they think death is the only source of meaning.
I definitely found the anti-longevity stuff disturbing, but I’m not sure you could argue that the thought of death is a huge driving factor in living a fulfilled life, which seems to be the main point of the piece? Would not expect such an intense reaction, am I missing something
I've never met anyone successful at life who was motivated by fear of death, who thought much about death, or who considered death a helpful influence in prioritizing their activities.
I don't fear mortality. I hate death. And I hate the people who rationalize why everyone else should feel grateful for it.
I personally find it puzzling that these pro-death people always seem to at least implicitly think that ~80 years is the exact optimum. Why not 40? Let's have a few wars, life has been getting boring lately with all the stability.
Things are defined by their opposites, but that doesn’t mean they draw meaning from them
The simple argument "death is OBVIOUSLY bad, duh!" only works until potential fertility rises to point where one person's existence necessarily prevents another's. Then we must deal w/ the hard question "who gets to exist?" w/ the answer "everyone, forever!" no longer available.
We are millions of years away from that point, even assuming maximum galactic colonization rates.
One wonders why she doesn't make her life shorter and "get to the point".
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