I don't know, who are you? Perhaps you may be someone that enjoys walks, beautiful views, or maybe the perfume of a loved one? Maybe you're the type of person that would want to never stop experiencing these things. Or maybe you're the type of person that only does things approved and recommended by [rich person from pop culture]. Yeah, why even take any chances if they're not thoroughly sold to you by some CEO. It's just your existence we're talking about after all. Who are you to exist if [rich person from pop culture] stopped a while ago anyway?
As romantic as "coming to peace with mortality" might sound, I enjoy living life too much to idly accept that i will at some point feel the breeze in my hair for the last time, or never again smell a flower's perfume, or gaze on a beautiful view. Sure, if everything fails, i will have to accept it. But why not give my everything in the mission of taking life further, even if i can help it by an atomic amount? What if there were as many great minds working on solving aging as there are working on cancer research? Why not try and bring a contribution? What if everyone else capable would have the same realisation? Why sit idly and wait to be carried by waves to nothing at all?
Even if the probability is astronomical, isn't a non-zero probability better than null? Sure there is a cost, but is it that high that you couldn't justify taking the chance, and instead just blowing it on a couple other fancy things or whatever?
The amount necessary to employ and enable every willing capable mind on the planet in the mission of ending aging (and, subsequently, mortality). Silly to most, I'm sure.
The definition of gaming in that study was pretty shoddy, if i remember correctly. It wasn't the type of gaming that would also get people into buying high end pcs and vr headsets.
If the last traded price was 20k, then that's the price. If you have some btc and are looking to sell really quickly before it goes down, and I make a buy offer for 19k that you accept, then the last traded price is now 19k, and that's the new price. Nothing voodoo really, just a bunch of people making buy/sell decisions based on how they think the value will move.
I understand the feeling, i had the same thoughts first time I've seen the guy on video, i think he just comes across as a sort of salesman-type which can give a wrong first impression on his actual experience and knowledge.
can you expand on the "anything"? I'm having doubts that I can negotiate the price of eg. a TV bought in a hypermarket (Walmart, to give a US example) ?
Don't worry, snowboarding gets really easy really quick. If you'd snowboard for a week straight, you'd already be able to go really quick without falling and looking pretty cool along the way. The issue is most people only do it at most 3-4 days a year for just a couple hours, so it looks like it took them "years" to snowboard decently.