I'll give life another try and if that fails, I will have the same fate as most of my patients do. I'm well into my 70's, so in the big scheme of things its not a huge deal either way. But I want things to work out, and I'd like to continue living for some years yet if I can be happy and successful.
What I have in mind is very unconventional, as well as unethical. I'm not quite sure what I'll be doing yet, but I've got my inspiration figured out. There will be an unforgettable art project which will involve my kids, and I'm hoping to gain money as well as respect from it as well. I will tie medicine into it in some way or another. No one would ever want to take care of my kids once I'm gone (due to their condition), so its fine for me to gamble with their lives.
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it, and that is how it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.
Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Adress, 2005
