Ask HN: Would you want to know when and how you die?
If you had a time machine, and the only thing you could use it for was to go see yourself in the future die would you use it or not? Why or why not?
Being aware of that date would change behavior whether you want to or not, and would those actions of mine not have consequences?
There might be some value to some people in knowing how much lifespan they have left. But actually seeing your future self die seems like it would be horribly traumatic, as your present self would carry on living afterwards with that knowledge. And anyway, each of us will experience our own death eventually.
If I cannot change the future by my actions that means I will be completely safe from dying until the appointed time is near, so...
Take it as a warning sign. If I cannot change it, then all it does is cause anxiety.
might as well see this one play out because it’s unique
Nope
Several members of the book club were going through a memento mori existential crisis, and all I cared about was that no one had done anything interesting with the indestructible materials. Imagine what humanity could accomplish with billions of indestructible boxes and strings.