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Silicon Valley's Latest Lifehack: Death
The notion that death is optional has long been a particular obsession for the ultra-rich, most recently taking hold of those who have made their fortunes from technology.
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- Death is the human physical machine failing
- There is no law of nature that says the machine must fail
- Tim Urban is excited for the time when the person can decide when their machine fails
- He thinks that people will look back on death, as it happens today, as barbaric
- The ultimate achievement is humans dying when they are read
Tim Urban • #360 – Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast
mortality makes it impossible to ignore the absurdity of living solely for the future.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
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So what would it look like if we took death wellness as seriously as we take fitness? Or nutrition? Or mental health? At the very least, we might live life more fully. At most, we could start to see death as a celebration, especially as our lifespans are expected to increase over the next few decades.