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title: ""improvements in palliative care—making people in extreme pain or at…"
date: 2017-03-24
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a link.
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# "improvements in palliative care—making people in extreme pain or at…

*March 24, 2017 · Facebook*

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[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/2017/03/silicon-valley-rather-cure-death-make-life-worth-living/amp/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/2017/03/silicon-valley-rather-cure-death-make-life-worth-living/amp/){target="_blank"}
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\"improvements in palliative care---making people in extreme pain or at the end of their life more comfortable---would much more meaningfully address the problem of death.\"\
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Yes, by all means, give dying people the pain meds they need. But I would also prefer that I and everyone I love not become a demented pile of rotting meat.\
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If there were a virus which was sweeping the globe, infecting everyone in its path, and turning them into rotted meat piles, we\'d regard it as a public health emergency. And we\'d be pouring massive sums of money into research to stop the virus.\
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But we\'re not. Globally, approximately 120,000 people die every day from aging. That\'s 40 times the number of people who were killed in the 9/11 attacks (3000). Every day! Yet the U.S. government has spent at least \$2 trillion dollars fighting the \"War on Terror\", compared\
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people are blasé about the meat pile virus. And the government\'s response has been flaccid, at best. So, I\'m thrilled that rich people are stepping up to fill in the gaps.
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