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It depends on whether the factors leading to shorter life are deliberate (or just willful) or accidental.


It's hard to flesh out self determination from ennvironmental factors. Not to sound overwhelmingly 'r/iam14andthisisdeep, but consider: 1) Nomadic hunter gatherers who have shortened their lifespans due to their lifestyle choices, or lack of choice/information in determining their lifestyle; and 2) App developers who may also have shortened their lifespan due to lifestyle choices, or even also lack of choice/information (ie sedentary lifestyle to afford rent/food/taxes/legal aid, sugar consumption due to inaccurate information from leading scientists regarding health risks).

I just think we can't really know which one we'd prefer had we not experienced both.


Nomadic hunters had quite long lifespans; agriculture introduced shorter lifespans and difficult lifestyles.

We agree on point two though: Laws allowing no overtime for developers have allowed long work hours that we now know are very harmful.


> We agree on point two though: Laws allowing no overtime for developers have allowed long work hours that we now know are very harmful.

Excuse me? Keep your grubby hands off my time. I alone should decide if, when, and how I sell my mortality for cold hard cash. Whether or not you think it's bad for me is of absolutely no importance to my right to do it.




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