Aponia & Ataraxia
Experienced
- Jun 24, 2018
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"Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself." -Oscar Wilde
It's not in the remembering, but in the forgetting which minimizes both: preference frustration, and, the need for preference satisfaction.
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifrustrationism
If young now, one can choose to have a lived experience of dying a peaceful & pleasant death at a young age;
once old, one cannot choose to have had a lived experience of dying a peaceful & pleasant death at a young age.
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specious_present
most humans want more chronological time (duration); No one wants more biological aging (erosion)
"Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance." -Jean-Paul Sartre
Every existing thing is born without reason, p̶r̶o̶l̶o̶n̶g̶s̶ ̶i̶t̶s̶e̶l̶f̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶w̶e̶a̶k̶n̶e̶s̶s̶, and dies b̶y̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶n̶c̶e̶.
"happily dreaming childhood, exultant youth, toil-filled years of manhood, infirm and often wretched old age, the torment of the last illness and finally the throes of death." -Arthur Schopenhauer
happily dreaming childhood, exultant youth, ̶t̶o̶i̶l̶-̶f̶i̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶h̶o̶o̶d̶,̶ ̶i̶n̶f̶i̶r̶m̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶o̶f̶t̶e̶n̶ ̶w̶r̶e̶t̶c̶h̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶l̶d̶ ̶a̶g̶e̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶r̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶i̶l̶l̶n̶e̶s̶s̶, and f̶i̶n̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶o̶e̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ death.
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_line#World_lines_in_literature
In this view: nothing is worth the price of biological aging.
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortality_salience
Disclaimer: As of 2018, I can only personally advocate these two methods --in alignment with the mission of Exit International ('A Peaceful Death is Everybody's Right')
(While a single 6 gram bottle may be effective for some elderly humans, the standard for most young or middle-aged humans is 12 grams)
nitrogen flow regulator: https://maxdogbrewing.com/
aluminum cylinders: https://www.prestacycle.com/product/prestacycle-6061-t6-aluminum-nitrogen-cylinders/
high-purity nitrogen: http://www.praxair.com/gases/buy-liquid-nitrogen-or-compressed-nitrogen-gas
It's not in the remembering, but in the forgetting which minimizes both: preference frustration, and, the need for preference satisfaction.
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifrustrationism
If young now, one can choose to have a lived experience of dying a peaceful & pleasant death at a young age;
once old, one cannot choose to have had a lived experience of dying a peaceful & pleasant death at a young age.
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specious_present
most humans want more chronological time (duration); No one wants more biological aging (erosion)
"Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance." -Jean-Paul Sartre
Every existing thing is born without reason, p̶r̶o̶l̶o̶n̶g̶s̶ ̶i̶t̶s̶e̶l̶f̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶w̶e̶a̶k̶n̶e̶s̶s̶, and dies b̶y̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶n̶c̶e̶.
"happily dreaming childhood, exultant youth, toil-filled years of manhood, infirm and often wretched old age, the torment of the last illness and finally the throes of death." -Arthur Schopenhauer
happily dreaming childhood, exultant youth, ̶t̶o̶i̶l̶-̶f̶i̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶h̶o̶o̶d̶,̶ ̶i̶n̶f̶i̶r̶m̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶o̶f̶t̶e̶n̶ ̶w̶r̶e̶t̶c̶h̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶l̶d̶ ̶a̶g̶e̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶r̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶i̶l̶l̶n̶e̶s̶s̶, and f̶i̶n̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶o̶e̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ death.
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_line#World_lines_in_literature
In this view: nothing is worth the price of biological aging.
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortality_salience
Disclaimer: As of 2018, I can only personally advocate these two methods --in alignment with the mission of Exit International ('A Peaceful Death is Everybody's Right')
(While a single 6 gram bottle may be effective for some elderly humans, the standard for most young or middle-aged humans is 12 grams)
nitrogen flow regulator: https://maxdogbrewing.com/
aluminum cylinders: https://www.prestacycle.com/product/prestacycle-6061-t6-aluminum-nitrogen-cylinders/
high-purity nitrogen: http://www.praxair.com/gases/buy-liquid-nitrogen-or-compressed-nitrogen-gas
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