if I offered you $10 million now, but you died (peacefully) tomorrow, you would not take it. You value the rest of your life more than $10 million. Most people would agree.
But, most people don’t live like their life is worth millions. I’m guilty of that personally.
According to Social Security data, the average lifetime gross income for an American is $1.13 million to $3.05 million. If your life is worth $10 million, you should make at least $10 million. Or the equivalent in something else (like experiences or relationships).
Don’t devalue your life.
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one thing to point out, you said that if you offered someone 10 million but they died the next day, and that would not take it, but you then use that hypothetical to say that that is the factual value of ones life, however, this same hypothetical would probably have the same outcome if you offered someone $10 trillion, therefore setting the value of a life to $10 trillion by the same logic.
not saying that what your saying is wrong, but using the $10 million as a direct value isn’t a solid statistic at all. It would be better to source something like how much the government values a life monetarily (which conveniently around $10 million) rather than using a logical but baseless hypothetical. but then again, money can’t really convey the true value of a life, as its actual value transcends that of currency.
not saying this against you just wanted to point something out :)
if you gave me that same deal, except that i would die in a year, i would take it in a heartbeat. the only reason i wouldn’t take this one is cause i wouldn’t be able to do anything with the money before i died.
at least it’s better than you reposting the @dertermenter math class story for the 100th time. 