I was watching a Joe Scott video about the Somerton Man, and at one point he mentions it’s believed he just wanted to be forgotten.
I’ve met a lot of people who are like this. They feel too dysphoric about their life and are eager to see the day when their families all pass away or have memory loss so that the worst parts of their life aren’t in other peoples’ heads anymore. It’s sad.
There are a lot of things we consider rights by default. There’s a right to a burial. There’s a right to a last meal. There’s a right to a will. Some of these have people who philosophize about them but most are taken for granted.
Do you think there’s a right to be forgotten? How much do you validate it? What’s your reasoning?
If one wants to be forgotten, just go to a remote location that they’re sure nobody will be around. Preferably somewhere uninhabitable.
Because, someone will eventually bother you, someday one day. They will get overly concerned and if they can’t do anything as to what they think will save you, they’re going to notify someone else. Worst case, you’ll be thought of as a criminal. Police and authority do not really register how someone wants to be forgotten. They’re always going to draw their own assumptions and conclusions, just complicating and frustrating the matter that you simply want to be forgotten.
This is something you have to plan carefully because we’re just not in that kind of world where you’re simply left alone.