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accepting death
Accepting death is powerful. It gives life passion and meaning, and can lead to greater self-awareness and honesty, rather than denying it through wealth, power, or life extension.
- 💀 Terror Management Theory suggests we manage death anxiety by embracing cultural values, leading to prejudice when mortality is salient.
- ⚰️ Western culture has become detached from death, outsourcing it to hospitals and funeral homes, creating layers of denial.
- ⏳ Life extension facilities like Alcor aim to pause the dying process, not offer immortality, but an unknown extension of lifespan.
- 🌱 Green burials return atoms and molecules to the universe, becoming plant and worm food, offering a natural cycle.
- ⚖️ The choice to accept death or pursue life extension is deeply personal, with no single right answer.
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