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by pboutros 1570 days ago
Haha. Assuming this isn't sarcastic—I would assume that (1) sentiments on the last day are probably similar to many of the days before it, and (2) you should weight the wisdom of those days higher than days early in life, because they have more experience.

If that was sarcastic... you got me.

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It was not sarcastic. I meant it. I believe that every day is equally valuable.

Life is not an optimization problem, where we maximize happiness. I prefer to just let life flow in its natural waves, sometimes correcting course to achieve my goals.

Even if we wanted to maximise happiness in life, that's still very different from minimising ostensible regrets when dying.