One comment on “Why I Hope to Die at 75 – The Atlantic”
The major flaw I have with this article is the rigidity of “75”. As the author points out, some people are happy, healthy and productive at 90, others are done like a 12-hour turkey at 50. What rings true, however, is the fallacy of our current striving for immortality. People of advanced age and declining health spending their time, money and soul as subjects of invasive and intensive medical treatments just doesn’t seem a dignified nor common sense way to spend the time you have left. The author is quite right in that for many people modern science doesn’t extend life, it extends dying.
I might point out my comment on the article Supreme Court Steps in on End-of-Life decisions; it completely fits with this article.
I will keep 75 in mind but delay any decision making until I get there.
From The Boulevard 
The major flaw I have with this article is the rigidity of “75”. As the author points out, some people are happy, healthy and productive at 90, others are done like a 12-hour turkey at 50. What rings true, however, is the fallacy of our current striving for immortality. People of advanced age and declining health spending their time, money and soul as subjects of invasive and intensive medical treatments just doesn’t seem a dignified nor common sense way to spend the time you have left. The author is quite right in that for many people modern science doesn’t extend life, it extends dying.
I might point out my comment on the article Supreme Court Steps in on End-of-Life decisions; it completely fits with this article.
I will keep 75 in mind but delay any decision making until I get there.