[HN Gopher] Dissolution Foretold: A neurosurgeon on the reality ...
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       Dissolution Foretold: A neurosurgeon on the reality of his
       diagnosis
        
       Author : PaulHoule
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2023-01-23 16:00 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | honkler wrote:
       | also read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Breath_Becomes_Air
        
       | reedjosh wrote:
       | Woof, I'm middle aged, but that was still tough to read.
        
         | orangecat wrote:
         | Yes. Once we dispense with the cliches that aging is "natural"
         | and "a part of life" and actually think about what it entails,
         | we should realize that it's a horrible thing which we should be
         | devoting substantial resources to mitigating.
        
       | lr4444lr wrote:
       | The older I get, the more attractive the Homeric ideal becomes of
       | dying in the prime of one's life on the battlefield after
       | successful conquest. Perhaps not in literal war, but upon the
       | accomplishment of something great, with an end no less noble that
       | comes quickly.
       | 
       | Short of achieving everlasting fame with no permanent decline, I
       | grow more and more thankful everyday that I chose to have kids,
       | so that I have the next closest thing to immortality.
        
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