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Re:US Attorney Chided Swartz On Day of Suicide by gojomo on Sunday January 13, 2013 @02:43PM (#5051618)
Remember, studies show that even people not suffering from depression significantly overestimate how much specific severe future events will affect their life satisfaction, good or bad. (Winning a lottery, losing a limb, achieving a life goal, being imprisoned, etc.) It'd be a shame to take an irreversible final step, because of a relatively simple and well-understood short-term bias.

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