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byrnema comments on Greg Linster on the beauty of death - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Jonathan_Graehl 20 October 2011 04:47AM

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Comment author: byrnema 20 October 2011 11:25:21PM 2 points [-]

I guess I meant more long-term goals.

What would be the purpose of having and controlling resources if you were already going to live forever?

Comment author: pedanterrific 21 October 2011 01:21:28AM 5 points [-]

I suspect that this sort of approach may come from imagining "immortality" as a story that you're reading - where's the suspense, the conflict, if there's no real danger? But if you instead imagine it as being your life, except it goes on for a longer time, the question becomes - do you actually enjoy being confronted with mortal danger?

Or, put another way: I'd lay odds that most people would have more fun playing Dungeons and Dragons than Russian Roulette.

Comment author: Desrtopa 21 October 2011 12:33:19AM 5 points [-]

Improving your quality of life?

Having and controlling resources isn't a terminal goal for me, and I suspect that anyone who treats it as one has lost track of what they really want.