No Grace - Hard to Feel Grateful in Grief
6 min read · 2019-02-25 · Emily Rowe · Now, I want to talk about a comment that came up in conversation I had with somebody a while back when we were discussing…
The death of the newsfeed
7 min read · 145 saves · From 2018 · What do we do now that there’s more in the newsfeed than we can possibly read? Can the algorithmic sample ever actually work, or…
Improving Ourselves to Death
~16 min read · Paywall possible · 195 saves · From 2018 · What the self-help gurus and their critics reveal about our times.
The Lonely Death of George Bell
Paywall possible · 44 saves · From 2017 · Each year around 50,000 people die in New York, some alone and unseen. Yet death even in such forlorn form can cause a surprising…
Death, Redesigned - The California Sunday Magazine
20+ min read · 49 saves · From 2015 · Can the legendary design firm @ideo redesign death?
How Is Consciousness Related to the Brain?
6 min read · 324 saves · Mar 15th · Near-death experiences, psychedelics, and meditation provide intriguing clues.
The Project Behind a Front Page Full of Names
5 min read · 148 saves · May 23rd · John Grippe · A presentation of obituaries and death notices from newspapers around the country tries to frame incalculable loss.
On Vanishing
~19 min read · 53 saves · Apr 14th · Dementia is a kind of erasure, a death before death, where the living discount the infirmed long before they’re gone.
She Predicted the Coronavirus. What Does She Foresee Next?
6 min read · Paywall possible · 161 saves · May 2nd · Frank Bruni · Laurie Garrett, the prophet of this pandemic, expects years of death and “collective rage.”
The quietness of death
4 min read · 103 saves · May 2nd · Philosopher Krzysztof Michalski’s meditation on an unexpected death.
Obituary for the Analyst: Richard C. Friedman and the Quelling of My Depression
4 min read · Paywall possible · 20 saves · May 10th · In the course of twenty-five years, Dr. F helped me find something to hold onto: not only an imaginable future but also a known…
Cheating death
3 min read · · From 2016 · Science is getting to grips with ways to slow ageing. Rejoice, as long as the side-effects can be managed