[nestorD]

A very good essay, also a deeply depressing one if you do not get to the end and consider his solution viable.

[mrec]

If you found that depressing, steer clear of Scott's Who By Very Slow Decay [1].

It's an extraordinarily powerful piece though, and an interesting stylistic counterpoint to Moloch's oneiric ramblings.

[1] https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/07/17/who-by-very-slow-decay...

[m_fayer]

I agree, insightful and powerful, thanks for the link. The medical system in general is a perfect case study of the contradictions and cruelties that have emerged from our present technological and institutional status quo. Maybe a barometer too, telling of how well or how badly a given society is dealing with the current moment.

[atemerev]

Is this American culture where people mostly die in hospitals, with “palliative care” prolonging their suffering? In Europe and elsewhere, people mostly die at home. It is unpleasant and traumatic, like everything there is about death, but still, I believe, infinitely better than what he describes in this post.