Lumifer comments on What Would You Do If You Only Had Six Months To Live? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 20 May 2015 01:45:09AM 3 points [-]

Given that you discarded the first answer on the basis of "feeling alive isn't necessarily what life is about", shouldn't you apply the same criterion to the second answer as well? I am pretty sure that keeping your paperwork in order isn't what life is about.

The third answer is interesting, but you're still subject to the Law of Unintended Consequences, so if you are planning on making a large impact, make sure you understand all the consequences of this impact...

Comment author: Sable 20 May 2015 02:55:40AM 2 points [-]

Yeah, paperwork isn't what life is about.

Caring for and supporting the people who you love and who love you, on the other hand, is a large part of what life is about. At least for most people.

Comment author: Lumifer 20 May 2015 04:10:59AM 1 point [-]

Caring for and supporting the people who you love and who love you, on the other hand, is a large part of what life is about.

True, but that isn't changed by your life expectancy.