Michael Ritland

And you have the option to basically go in a matrix-style vegetative state and go to any period in time, be whoever you want, and do whatever you want, but it's in a dreamlike state where it feels real. And you can do it indefinitely. Like you could go live in the 50s as a teenager driving a fucking 57 Chevy or whatever, you know, Roman Empire. Would you know it's fake? I would say no.

And you have the option to basically go in a matrix-style vegetative state and go to any period in time, be whoever you want, and do whatever you want, but it's in a dreamlike state where it feels real. And you can do it indefinitely. Like you could go live in the 50s as a teenager driving a fucking 57 Chevy or whatever, you know, Roman Empire. Would you know it's fake? I would say no.

So you can now spend eternity wherever you want.

So you can now spend eternity wherever you want.

So you can now spend eternity wherever you want.

For me, the biggest hurdle with that is what comes after. Like what actually comes after? Because what are you missing out on? You don't know.

For me, the biggest hurdle with that is what comes after. Like what actually comes after? Because what are you missing out on? You don't know.

For me, the biggest hurdle with that is what comes after. Like what actually comes after? Because what are you missing out on? You don't know.

I think what complicates that decision-making process is assuming that physically you're at a point where you're basically useless anyway. Yeah. And so to, to your loved ones, you would be dying because you would go in a fucking warehouse somewhere and sit in a, in a pod, you know, and, and just be technically still alive. But, you know, so to me that like, obviously I wouldn't do that now.

I think what complicates that decision-making process is assuming that physically you're at a point where you're basically useless anyway. Yeah. And so to, to your loved ones, you would be dying because you would go in a fucking warehouse somewhere and sit in a, in a pod, you know, and, and just be technically still alive. But, you know, so to me that like, obviously I wouldn't do that now.

I think what complicates that decision-making process is assuming that physically you're at a point where you're basically useless anyway. Yeah. And so to, to your loved ones, you would be dying because you would go in a fucking warehouse somewhere and sit in a, in a pod, you know, and, and just be technically still alive. But, you know, so to me that like, obviously I wouldn't do that now.

but you get to a point where you're in an, in a nursing home, you know, like you're in hospice, you have months to live for whatever reason. Yeah. But you have the ability, they have the ability to just keep your brain alive and let you go through that experience. I think part of being a human is knowing that it's going to end.

but you get to a point where you're in an, in a nursing home, you know, like you're in hospice, you have months to live for whatever reason. Yeah. But you have the ability, they have the ability to just keep your brain alive and let you go through that experience. I think part of being a human is knowing that it's going to end.

but you get to a point where you're in an, in a nursing home, you know, like you're in hospice, you have months to live for whatever reason. Yeah. But you have the ability, they have the ability to just keep your brain alive and let you go through that experience. I think part of being a human is knowing that it's going to end.

Yeah, it's like 4,000, right?

Yeah, it's like 4,000, right?

Yeah, it's like 4,000, right?

I think what begs the question, your statement about part of the crux really of the human experience is knowing that it's a finite amount of time. is that while, yes, that's absolutely true, it's true because there's no other option.

I think what begs the question, your statement about part of the crux really of the human experience is knowing that it's a finite amount of time. is that while, yes, that's absolutely true, it's true because there's no other option.

I think what begs the question, your statement about part of the crux really of the human experience is knowing that it's a finite amount of time. is that while, yes, that's absolutely true, it's true because there's no other option.