army1987 comments on My Childhood Death Spiral - Less Wrong

23 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 September 2008 03:42AM

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Comment author: gwern 23 October 2012 10:57:46PM 6 points [-]

I disagree with the fundamental premise here. I would much rather be immortal and stuck in an akratic loop for a few centuries - because a few centuries is very finite and I'll still be alive at the end.

While even if I become absurdly productive and self-controlled, I will still die like a dog of disease & decay in the likely event there is no Singularity and SENS fails.

Remember Steve Jobs: he used all the cutting-edge treatments and even used his billions to buy his way to the head of the transplant line - and died anyway.

Comment author: [deleted] 24 October 2012 08:09:52AM 2 points [-]

Remember Steve Jobs: he used all the cutting-edge treatments and even used his billions to buy his way to the head of the transplant line

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