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john martin fischer, he asks you to indulge in a thought experiment. he says, you, stephen, imagine that i have an elixir which can, when you reach the age of 80, can prolong your life by a week. and at the age of 80, your life is good. you re in good physical and mental health. would you drink that elixirjust to ensure that for the next week you go on living that good life? i hope i would. i hope that s what i d want to do when i m 80. you hope you would. so if you would drink it for one week, what would you do at the end of that one week? would you want to drink it again? that s much harder to say. why? if you ve just had a great week because of the elixir, surely you d want another great week, and another after that? i mean, his message, beyond the thought experiment, is that, actually, when you drill down into it, if you have a good life, why not want to prolong it for as long as you possibly can? well, i completely understand the impulse, and i m all for creating a world in w

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