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Gonna go out on a limb here and say that old age and dying are actually good, and that many of the problems in Western society are due to people living too long and holding onto power longer than they should / not passing on power and resources to younger generations.
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There’s a comment down below that says “most young people would do it”. Why don’t you say anything to that person?
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If you've read the site guidelines ( https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ), it should be clear that comments like this one—indignant, generic, and fulminant—violate the intended use of the site. Please don't do this here. Thoughtful critique is fine, of course.
It’s not “generic”. It refers to, like, 100 people or less. There’s a comment down below that says “most young people would do it”. Why don’t you say anything to that person?
Not that you owe the rich and powerful better, necessarily, but you owe this community better if you're participating in it.
> Why don’t you say anything to that person?
Purely because I didn't see it. It's flagkilled now.
We don't come close to seeing everything that gets posted to HN—there's far too much. When you see a post that ought to have been moderated but hasn't been, that's the likeliest explanation. You can help by flagging it or emailing us at hn@ycombinator.com.
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I would have expected better of HN. I agree that wealth and power accumulation are a problem. But the conclusion obviously isn't to have everyone forcibly DIE. If anything, this is an argument to make longevity more accessible. The article is heavily biased against the evil tech billionaires. So much so, that it has to outright lie about Bryan Johnson? His "proprietary longevity routine" is actually fully public. The…
> I would have expected better of HN. On a very dark night I would have expected worse. > I agree that wealth and power accumulation are a problem. But the conclusion obviously isn't to have everyone forcibly DIE. If anything, this is an argument to make longevity more accessible. Maybe there is some corner of the article that advocates people forcibly dying... but from skimming it, the topic is about powerful people…
This is the premise in Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, phantastic book but really devastating.
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It’s not “generic”. It refers to, like, 100 people or less. There’s a comment down below that says “most young people would do it”. Why don’t you say anything to that person?
Generic has to do with categories, not quantity. But this was not a borderline call—it's the kind of comment the guidelines are trying to persuade, cajole, and/or coax you into not posting here! Not that you owe the rich and powerful better, necessarily, but you owe this community better if you're participating in it. > Why don’t you say anything to that person? Purely because I didn't see it. It's flagkilled now. We…
Please read ‘How to Stop Time’ by Matt Haig It’s a beautiful short novel exploring this idea.
Living forever sounds awful. For one, I am extremely curious what happens when I die. Without death, life becomes a hollow shell, or at least I imagine it would, as you would lack urgency.
Living forever sounds awful. For one, I am extremely curious what happens when I die. Without death, life becomes a hollow shell, or at least I imagine it would, as you would lack urgency.
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AFAIK most societies historically respected the wisdom attributed to old age, and many cultures still do.
If anything, we’ve seen that older generations of leadership can’t keep up with changing technology and fail to adapt to massive upheavals. In times of rapid technological development, the old are not wise. They are reactionary and cannot adapt. Their brain stopped developing before the internet. To expect them to make adequate decisions for the current landscape is to expect them to understand a world they simply we…
A lot of older people are more adaptable, have a better understanding of technology. The older you are the more change you will have experienced.
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If anything, we’ve seen that older generations of leadership can’t keep up with changing technology and fail to adapt to massive upheavals. In times of rapid technological development, the old are not wise. They are reactionary and cannot adapt. Their brain stopped developing before the internet. To expect them to make adequate decisions for the current landscape is to expect them to understand a world they simply we…
Massively ageist. A lot of older people are more adaptable, have a better understanding of technology. The older you are the more change you will have experienced.
Just because it’s ageist doesn’t mean it’s wrong.