Diminishing Marginal Utility of Life
#1. If you knew that tomorrow the world would end, what would you do today?
#2. What's it say about you if you can't answer question #1?
Frankly, I don't have an answer. I'd probably spend the day with family and friends, but does that matter with one day left? If one day doesn't matter, do two days? A week? A year? A lifetime? I could imagine having the impulse to go do something crazy like steal a sports car and drive it full speed into a brick wall, or attempt to free all the animals from the nearest zoo, for example. But I don't have those impulses now. However, if each day supposedly had the same value as if the world ended tomorrow, shouldn't I have those impulses now?
#3. Is there a diminishing marginal utility on life the further you believe you are from death?
(For information on diminishing marginal utility, click here.)
#2. What's it say about you if you can't answer question #1?
Frankly, I don't have an answer. I'd probably spend the day with family and friends, but does that matter with one day left? If one day doesn't matter, do two days? A week? A year? A lifetime? I could imagine having the impulse to go do something crazy like steal a sports car and drive it full speed into a brick wall, or attempt to free all the animals from the nearest zoo, for example. But I don't have those impulses now. However, if each day supposedly had the same value as if the world ended tomorrow, shouldn't I have those impulses now?
#3. Is there a diminishing marginal utility on life the further you believe you are from death?
(For information on diminishing marginal utility, click here.)

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