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"In Self-Inflicted, Dr. Karl T. Muth advances the argument that suicide should be a choice widely-available, that the optimal number of suicides per year is not zero but a number much higher, and that suicide is in many ways preferable and superior to so-called and oft-idealized natural death. He further argues physician-assisted suicide is not a tenable compromise between acceptance and prohibition and that policies limiting access to death inadvertently transform allowed suicide into a luxury good unavailable to the masses. Muth was part of the unlikely tribe of 2010s technology executives, venture capitalists, lowercase-L libertarians, crypto-nouveau-riche, and ""singularity"" enthusiasts very excited about radical lifespan extension or ""technologically-enhanced"" longevity. Today, however, Muth is instead focused on quality over quantity; specifically, the best life possible within a known lifespan and ending on a planned date with little pain and few regrets. These are the arguments that changed his mind."

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"""People should be free to determine the course of their life, and death is part of that. . ."" -The Economist ""The time has come to talk . . . about personal responsibility for managing the dying process."" -Timothy Leary, author and psychologist ""Americans seem to be obsessed with exercising, doing mental puzzles, consuming various juice and protein concoctions, sticking to strict diets, and popping vitamins and supplements, all in a valiant effort to cheat death and prolong life as long as possible . . . I reject this aspiration. I think this manic desperation to endlessly extend life is misguided and potentially destructive. . ."" -Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, bioethicist and oncologist"

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