Re: Jack London kinda got it wrong

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 18:35:28 MST

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    gts wrote:
    > It's poetry, guys -- not a statement about the pros and cons of
    > life-extension.
    >
    > Jack London's idea is that it is better to live an active and memorable
    > life, even one that entails great risk, than to live a boring and
    > unremarkable life.

    And Damien correctly pointed out that this is a false dualism.

    "It's better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick."
            -- Carson's Law

    "Now Charlie, don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got
    everything he wished for."
    "What?"
    "He lived happily ever after."
            -- Roald Dahl, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" 

    -- 
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence

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