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Ezekiel J. Emanuel, director of the Clinical Bioethics Department at the US National Institutes of Health, writes at The Atlantic that there is a simple truth that many of us seem to resist: living too long renders many of us, if not disabled, then faltering and declining, a state that may not be worse than death but is nonetheless deprived. "It robs us of our creativity and ability to contribute to work, society, the world. It transforms how people experience us, relate to us, and, most important, remember us. We are no longer remembered as vibrant and engaged but as feeble, ineffectual, even pathetic." Emanuel says that he is isn't asking for more time than is likely nor foreshortening his life but is talking about the kind and amount of health care he will consent to after 75. "Once I have lived to 75, my approach to my health care will completely change. I won’t actively end my life. But I won’t try to prolong it, either." Emanuel says that Americans seem to be obsessed with exercising, doing mental puzzles, consuming various juice and protein concoctions, sticking to strict diets, and popping vitamins and supplements, all in a valiant effort to cheat death and prolong life as long as possible. "I reject this aspiration. I think this manic desperation to endlessly extend life is misguided and potentially destructive. For many reasons, 75 is a pretty good age to aim to stop."
(Score: 2) by mmcmonster on Tuesday September 23 2014, @09:44AM
Brave words for someone obviously not in their 70s.
There's a reason people in their 70s don't make that statement. It's either because they're too enfeebled to speak or their too busy for nonsense like that.
I have plenty of 70+ year olds wear I work. It's actually pretty easy to separate them out, since their often the ones getting things done when the younger people are arguing and politicking.
My dad's in his 70s and still works full time. He gave his boss 1 year's notice in January and they still haven't found a replacement for him.
70 is the new 50.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 23 2014, @10:19AM
Maybe you should ask them how to spell.
(Score: 2) by Zinho on Tuesday September 23 2014, @11:19AM
Maybe you should ask them how to spell.
I don't see any spelling errors in mmcmonster's post, and between two computerized spellcheckers only the word "olds" was flagged (and only by one of the programs).
Perhaps mmcmonster's father should give you some lessons?
"Space Exploration is not endless circles in low earth orbit." -Buzz Aldrin
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 23 2014, @12:31PM
they're as not hinge rung wit mmcmonster's past.
perhaps you should learn english instead of depending entirely on "two computerized spellcheckers". you, sir, should be embarrassed.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 24 2014, @08:59PM
Allow me to introduce what may be a new concept to you: Homophone [wikipedia.org]
wear I work
wear: to have on your body (as clothing)
where: in what place
ware: a good to be sold
since their often the ones
This one is also triple-tricky:
there: in that place
they're: they are
their: belongs to them
It is interesting because he had previously used "they're" correctly.
-- gewg_