ted (not lasso)
@ted
hypothesis: the current obsession with longevity is a byproduct of tech culture's fear of death. i used to ask founders + early employees, "have you thought about dying?" i would get a visceral reaction each time. and yet, as steve jobs said, "death is the destination we all share." so why do you want to live longer?
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Paul Berens
@pmb
I'm with @cassie, Momento Mori. Death haunts us and yet we have to confront it to focus our lives and help us live passionately. For my money Søren Kierkegaard had some of the best thinking on this stuff: e.g., that the gravity of death should match life's importance.
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