re: Cemeteries, why do we have them?

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very few of us will ever be remembered for more than a generation or two after we die.

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very true...chances are, your great, great grandchildren will not even know what your name was...

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Because the only thing that scares people more than death is the realization that, ultimately, very few of us will ever be remembered for more than a generation or two after we die.

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The other thing people don't think about when "leaving a legacy" is that in 7 generations any DNA they pass down will be less than 1% of that of any descendant. Your descenants by then have not much more in common with you than somebody random. You are only remembered or have family that remember you for a generation or two unless you are famous and even then the folks Jay Leno used to quiz on Jaywalking wouldn't remember you anyway.