Thursday, July 18, 2019

"Fear of death is natural but not rational"

The Ted Talk I posted yesterday has really stuck with me since I watched it. Specifically, the idea that we can't worry or shouldn't spend energy on the end-point, because we won't actually be around to experience the end-point.

I love the quote that Stephen Cave used to drive this point home: 

"Death is not an event in life; we do not live to experience death"
- Ludwig Wittgenstein

Acknowledging this, what will I do differently with my day, knowing that the back cover won't ever be something I can experience? 


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