Let’s Talk About Self-Driving Cars

Re:Let’s Talk About Self-Driving Cars by nostrademons on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @01:34PM (#13367508)

This is a pretty attractive proposition. The long, slow decline during your last decade of life is miserable, on both you and on loved ones.

There are certain strategic times in life where you'd want to take this, though. Ideally after the kids are grown up and don't need you anymore (so you either drop dead painlessly & predictably, or get a nice long life in great health so you can see the grandchildren grow up), or if that's cheating, in childhood or right after college so you haven't invested much into your life yet. Same reason they sell life insurance.

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Re:Let’s Talk About Self-Driving Cars by Nition on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @05:02PM (#13369561)

I'd suggest keep the pill in your pocket until you're about to die, and take it then. That way you have a 1/4 chance of the same result and a 3/4 chance of major improvement.

Not taking the pill already of course risks dying in your sleep.

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Re:Let’s Talk About Self-Driving Cars by aetherson on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @11:18AM (#13374977)

The pill only works before you're 40 because it's a magic thought experiment.

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