Too much of a good thing...

A common theme of the times today is to lament the fact that there are "never enough hours in the day". We tend to gravitate towards these colloquialisms due to our subconscious reminding us that our hours are limited, therefore meaning we must get as much done as possible with the time we have been given. The pursuit of productivity is a constant subject of the blogosphere, and with every tip and trick that we try, we hope we are one step closer to making the most of this almighty finite resource that governs our lives and decisions.

But, what if we didn't feel pressured to squeeze everything we can into most of our waking hours?

With the mystique of life extension originating in recorded human discourse around 500 B.C. (and being an increasingly-researched idea in our present world), the idea of extending our time on this planet has been an infatuating premise since we have been aware of our own mortality. In some regards, we have already achieved a certain level of extension, as the worldwide life expectancy has nearly doubled within the past two centuries due to advancements in health and technology. However, in the coming two centuries, it is not complete science fiction to suggest that there may someday be a method of extreme life extension (or perhaps even true immortality). With this hypothetical antidote to mortality looming in the future, would you be interested in undergoing the necessary procedures or treatment in order to escape death?

The law of diminishing returns states that increasing a certain factor in a system while holding the others constant will eventually lead to decreased returns in the system. In our utopian (or not) example, we can think of time as being the increased factor in a person's life, while considering other quantitative/qualitative factors such as happiness, productivity or even health (a prolonged life may not necessarily mean a healthier one, with an example being a person frequently stuffing themselves with all the food they can, due to their immunity to death). Would an increase of time in one's life lead to even more productivity and happiness, or would it simply lead to a subsequent rise in procrastination?

These questions are purely speculative and obviously not reality-based for the time being. But, there may come a day when a doctor asks a patient to sign on the dotted line in order to proceed with their life extension procedure. And when that day comes, what would you choose? A prolonged life that may stretch on long beyond what you may have wished, or the "normal" life which guarantees an end, but also encourages you to live more while you can? As someone once said, too much of a good thing isn't always a good thing.

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Seriously, lemme know what you would do! All responses and feedback encouraged and appreciated.

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