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Would you rather win the lottery or live twice as long as you would normally?
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April 9th, 2016
For the lottery case, assume that the jackpot is $50 million. For the extended life case, assume that the aging process is slowed down (so you don’t start declining until near the end of your extended lifetime). And for statistical purposes, keep in mind that the average person lives to age 79 (though you may have personal circumstances that change this number significantly, so try to adjust for that).
Follow-up questions:
(1) If your answer is “win the lottery,” how low would the jackpot have to get before you changed your answer?
(2) If your answer is “live twice as long,” how high would the jackpot have to get before you changed your answer?
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