Oh, society can delay death by a lot [1]. GiveWell computes that it only costs in the low 100s of dollars to delay someone’s death by a year. I think this is something very meaningful to do, generates a lot of happiness, and eliminates a lot of suffering.
My original post is about how we could do even better, by doing work targeted at the far future, rather than work in the global health space.
But these abstract considerations aside: I’m sorry to hear about the death of your mother and the Parkinson in your family. It is good to read that you seem to be coping well and spend a lot of time in the forests. Thank you for your thoughts.
Oh, society can delay death by a lot [1]. GiveWell computes that it only costs in the low 100s of dollars to delay someone’s death by a year. I think this is something very meaningful to do, generates a lot of happiness, and eliminates a lot of suffering.
My original post is about how we could do even better, by doing work targeted at the far future, rather than work in the global health space.
But these abstract considerations aside: I’m sorry to hear about the death of your mother and the Parkinson in your family. It is good to read that you seem to be coping well and spend a lot of time in the forests. Thank you for your thoughts.
Whether we can delay death indefinitely depends on many things, e.g., your belief in sentient digital beings, but it might also be possible.