Quote from: Mr.Bitty on September 30, 2014, 01:22:10 PM

Quote from: Rigon on September 29, 2014, 04:58:08 PM

I'm telling you, soylent green may not have been as much of a dystopian future fantasy as we might like to think.

Recently read in the Atlantic the 58 year old man whose name I've forgotten an essay on why he doesn't want to live longer than 75 - or, put another way, sees no reason to prolong life much beyond that. The obvious response is to say "we'll check in with you on that at age 74...". Lol.

Ed - link to article above http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/09/why-i-hope-to-die-at-75/379329/

That is the architect of Obamcare and it is no secret the model works best when folks don't live much longer than that. Perhaps this opinion is personal (as of now) or perhaps it is political. But the general tone of the piece is actually much the same as how I feel, and what I tell my family/friends to the same response he gets. In short, he is NOT a supporter of euthanasia (nor am I) but rather he intends to not engage in life extending treatments (or preventative screenings) past a certain point and just intends to die of whatever takes him.

As for the OP link....it's creepy that a couple is giddy planning their deaths. And it also talks about [already legal] euthanasia for chronically ill children. Welcome to the slippery slope.

You're right. He says that he's not certain how he's going to feel when older, but rationally calculating, this is the age he puts as representing the last vigorous or creative years. Qualifies with recognition there are outliers, the centenarian marathon runner, etc. Linking with soylent green was misleading though not deliberately so, still, the drift, the general tone seems somehow resonant. Or maybe it is I think the discourse will encourage a sort of life-negating climate.