re: Everybody knows theyre going to die

Dust in the wind...

You know I’ve wondered about our ability to ignore this basic fact. It’s the only sure thing we know about ourselves. Once we’re born, we will die. Everything else is variable.

With covid, it took about 9 months and an intense effort to come up with a vaccine. I imagine in two-three years, the medical community will have the virus mostly under control.

Why hasn’t humanity given the same coordinated effort for solving the problem of death? If we organized and put enough resources into it, is it really something we can’t eradicate from our reality?

At least from an aging standpoint. Accidents and new diseases may always come about. But we’re way too comfortable with the fact that everyone will age, weaken, and succumb to Father Time.

Thanks for not including the spoiler alert

I ain’t afraid of dying. It’s the thought of being dead. I want to go on being me once my energy’s been read.

Don’t spread my ashes out to sea, don’t lay me down to rest. You can put my mind at ease if you fill my last request.....

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What About Bob did a scene on this

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Siggy

"What is dead may never die” A famous boat captain told me that once.