Decent Life + Long Life VS Good Life + Short Life. Which is better?

[Vision]

What’s better?

Living the best life possible, but having a shorter life?

Or

Living a decent life, but a longer life?

[ZenAlex]

How long we talking here brah?

[Vision]

9 minutes ago, ZenAlex said:

How long we talking here brah?

Let’s say...

Good Life = 40 years

Decent Life = 80 years

[Yarco]

80 years isn't long, it's average. If I'm gonna have to drink kale smoothies and exercise every day I'd be aiming for 100.

It's also pretty hard to die by 40 unless you eat fast food every single day and never visit a doctor. Even 400 lb people live to their 60s thanks to blood pressure meds, insulin, etc. Highest risk of dying at 40 is like suicides and car crashes.

If I was gonna die by 40 my life better be GREAT not just good. From 20 to 40 I wanna be cruising around the world with half a dozen different models every day (and night), eating in michelin star restaurants every night and doing cocaine and skydiving, rapelling, diving, and all kinds of high risk activities every day, or being a mob boss or dictator of a small island country or something.

Good / decent / great and long/short are way too subjective and too many variables. You almost need to flesh out a backstory for entire lives with the age, pros and cons, and then pretend to look back from your deathbed and think if it was worth it.

Edited July 22, 2022 by Yarco

[Gabith]

Best life, shorter 

 

[hyruga]

Steve jobs had a great life. He lived till 56 years.

Kobe Bryant had an awesome life too. He lived till 41.

[ZenAlex]

3 hours ago, Vision said:

Let’s say...

Good Life = 40 years

Decent Life = 80 years

Good life 40 years definitely.

[Razard86]

2 hours ago, Yarco said:

It's also pretty hard to die by 40 unless you eat fast food every single day and never visit a doctor. Even 400 lb people live to their 60s thanks to blood pressure meds, insulin, etc.

Welcome to America. https://www.gainesville.com/story/special/2020/06/17/homicide-is-leading-cause-of-death-of-black-males-age-44-and-younger-in-us/112900786/

[Tyler Robinson]

A short decent life is better.

 

[Nilsi]

7 hours ago, Vision said:

What’s better?

Living the best life possible, but having a shorter life?

Or

Living a decent life, but a longer life?

This is kind of nonsensical. The best life possible is not bound by time.

[Gesundheit2]

Great Life + Eternal Life

[ZenAlex]

4 hours ago, Razard86 said:

Welcome to America. https://www.gainesville.com/story/special/2020/06/17/homicide-is-leading-cause-of-death-of-black-males-age-44-and-younger-in-us/112900786/

Isn't that because most causes of death would happen later anyway? 

[Danioover9000]

@Vision

12 hours ago, Vision said:

What’s better?

Living the best life possible, but having a shorter life?

Or

Living a decent life, but a longer life?

   Best life, and longer. Immortality sounds nice if attainable.