Billions’ worth of high-tech research seeking to make death optional

Re:Billions’ worth of high-tech research seeking to make dea... by bamboozled on Monday March 27, 2017 @10:00PM (#13973440)

I remember discussing this topic with elderly relatives, still fairly capable people who weren't terminally ill and mentally quite with it. They would often tell me they want to die, simply because they've had enough.

From what I could gather it was coming from more of a reflective, happy space, not a negative space, because they would often say things like, "I've had a great life, but I want to go now".

It's hard to imagine what it feels like to be that satisfied.

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Re:Billions’ worth of high-tech research seeking to make dea... by eli_gottlieb on Monday March 27, 2017 @10:41PM (#13973619)

That doesn't sound satisfied. That sounds exhausted. I sympathize, despite being relatively young.

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Re:Billions’ worth of high-tech research seeking to make dea... by ams6110 on Monday March 27, 2017 @10:55PM (#13973681)

Nature has programmed us to die. When we reach old age, it's not scary anymore.

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Re:Billions’ worth of high-tech research seeking to make dea... by colospoin on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @07:25AM (#13975670)

It hasn't programmed us to die at all, and death is scary for plenty of people. If we're going with anecdote, my grandmother told me in her 90s she didn't want to die because she wanted to see how things turned out.

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