The deathbed test is a tricky one, as the deathbed version of yourself has access to more info. There's also surivorship bias, e.g. the hospital bed patient saying they shouldn't have spent so much time in the office, thats because they're dying in a nice hospital bed. If you managed to catch a homeless person on point of death they might say I wish I'd spent more time in the office. The final quote leaves a nasty taste with the general consensus that Lewis Carrol was a peadophile - 'the relationships we were afraid to have'...
As always, a fantastic post. Very strong themes of the Latin trope 'Memento Mori', roughly translated as 'Remember that you must die', used heavily in the Stoic teachings. Keep up the good work!
The deathbed test is a tricky one, as the deathbed version of yourself has access to more info. There's also surivorship bias, e.g. the hospital bed patient saying they shouldn't have spent so much time in the office, thats because they're dying in a nice hospital bed. If you managed to catch a homeless person on point of death they might say I wish I'd spent more time in the office. The final quote leaves a nasty taste with the general consensus that Lewis Carrol was a peadophile - 'the relationships we were afraid to have'...
Great post as always, keep up the good work!
As always, a fantastic post. Very strong themes of the Latin trope 'Memento Mori', roughly translated as 'Remember that you must die', used heavily in the Stoic teachings. Keep up the good work!
I like that expression. Thank you, Chris.