Faced with the decision as to whether live a long life doing nothing to make me insanely famous or to live a short life but be remembered for 2,000 years I have decided to live the long life. This decision is based on a combination of simply wanting to live a long life and what I personally believe to be a notable life of merit. I believe that what you have out of your life is your memories, relationships, and experiences. I think that directly impacting the people in your life is ultimately more meaningful than impacting the lives of people you never will have met. While it wouldn't ever be worth it to me to die young as some kind of war hero, I would believe it to be worth it if I somehow was able to die young, sacrificing myself for some infinite good (curing cancer, reversing the greenhouse effect, ridding the world of HIV). Really though, I think that a person's life can be extremely fulfilling by making small differences in the world around them. A person can make an impact without being remembered.