Vox
The surprising benefits of contemplating your death
12+ min · · Now is the perfect time to face your fear of mortality. Here’s how. · Shared by 11, including Liv 😷
The New York Times
Opinion | What I Learned About Death From 7 Religious Scholars, 1 Atheist and My Father
6 min · · There is so much to learn from facing the about what is unknowable. · Shared by 9, including Liv 😷
australiainstitute.org.au
3 in 4 NSW Voters Back Victorian Style Euthanasia Laws, Including 76% of Coalition Voters
1 min · · New research from The Australia Institute has shown that a significant majority of New South Wales voters support the introduction of voluntary assisted dying laws, modelled on Victorian legislation… · Shared by 5, including Liv 😷
Literary Hub
The Death of Alexander the Great: One of History’s Great Unsolved Mysteries
8 min · · Alexander the Great’s death is an unsolved mystery. Was he a victim of natural causes, felled by some kind of fever, or did his marshals assassinate him, angered by his tyrannical ways? An autopsy… · Shared by 49, including Liv 😷, Matthias Lampe, Jonathan Kogan, Howard Getson
Kotaku
Death Stranding: The Kotaku Review
18+ min · · There is no elevator pitch for Death Stranding. · Shared by 25, including Liv 😷, Tim Bray, HIDEO_KOJIMA, Gui Schmitt
Bloomberg Graphics
The Death of Clothing
7 min · · Consumers just aren't that into clothes anymore. · Shared by 148, including Reto Laemmler, Nico Lumma, Christian Fauteux, tjalve, Herbert Bay, Dayyan Smith, Dominik Grolimund, Luzius Meisser, Liliane Ferrari ™, Jane, Liv 😷, Thomas Telandro, Alexandra Wong, Esther Schindler, Martina Grolimund, Björn Ognibeni
WIRED
Silicon Valley Would Rather Cure Death Than Make Life Worth Living
4 min · · While Silicon Valley titans are drunk on the transhumanist promise to cure death, people are dying of curable problems that technologists ignore. · Shared by 95, including Thomas Power, Dominik Grolimund, Liv 😷, Martina Grolimund, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Chung, Kim Dik, APKYP, Tauno, Brian T. Edwards, César Suárez
The Guardian
Love you to death: how we hurt the animals we cherish
13+ min · · The long read: Something has gone badly wrong with the way we keep pets. Our casual cruelties are a symptom of our unhealthy relationship with other species · Shared by 171, including Liv 😷, Jane
CNN
'Play it down': Trump admits to concealing the true threat of coronavirus in new Woodward book
10 min · · President Donald Trump admitted he knew weeks before the first confirmed US coronavirus death that the virus was dangerous, airborne, highly contagious and "more deadly than even your strenuous flus,"… · Shared by 146, including Carl Zimmer, Noah Iliinsky vis.social/@noahi, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, Liv 😷, Stephan J. Guyenet, hakan, Bjorn Larsen, Joshua Benton, Andrea Kuszewski 🧠, Daniel Kraft, MD, Dave McClure, wil shipley, Mathew Ingram, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Mark Barnes, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Steven Sinofsky, Rep. Suzan DelBene
Bookforum Magazine
Going Postal
10 min · · A psychoanalytic reading of social media and the death drive – Max Read · Shared by 226, including Mac McCann, Will Leitch, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Rick Powell, Fred Destin, Matthias Lampe, Daniel Schwarz, Mathew Ingram, Liv 😷, Mike Troiano, Katja Evertz, Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, { Monah } 💡, Avinash Kaushik, Esther Schindler, Christopher Lauer™
The Atlantic
A Second Coronavirus Death Surge Is Coming
20+ min · · There was always a logical explanation for why cases rose through the end of June while deaths did not. · Shared by 118, including Erin Kissane, but gone, Chris Messina, Joshua Benton, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Mathew Ingram, Alexis C. Madrigal, David CisMan, Thomas Fuchs , Virginia Hughes, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Rick Powell, Christian Surchi, Klaus Eck, Liv 😷, Matthew Herper, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Christopher Mims 🤌, Amy Davidson Sorkin
bigeasymagazine.com
The Ethics Of AI And Death
4 min · · AI can now accurately predict death, but is that a prediction we want to hear? In almost every industry, artificial intelligence (AI) is on the fast track to outpacing human endeavor. Machine learning… · Shared by 46, including Brian Ahier, Rick Powell, Liv 😷, Andreas Staub, Vinod Sharma
BuzzFeed News
Why Chadwick Boseman's Death Hurts So Much
5 min · · In an already difficult year filled with so much Black death, losing an actor who celebrated Black life feels especially painful. · Shared by 109, including Liv 😷
The New York Times
Mass Death Is Not Inevitable
9 min · · Some say we’re doomed. But science and public spending have saved us from pandemics worse than this one. · Shared by 134, including Max Roser, Marc Abrahams, Steven Pinker, Liv 😷, Cathy 🌻, Tomas Pueyo, Christopher Mims 🤌, George M 🇪🇺, John O'Farrell
Aeon+Psyche
To be creative, Chinese philosophy teaches us to abandon ‘originality’
5 min · · Whether grieving a death or connecting to colleagues, creativity enables an artful life, according to Chinese philosophy · Shared by 1033, including Dr Rani Lill Anjum 🐦, Liv 😷, Matthias Lampe, Neil Hart 💙, David Pennington, Gregor B. Rosenauer, Dr Skye Cleary, Jessel Sookha, Sergio Caredda, Anita Leirfall, Rick Powell, John Hagel, Alf Rehn, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski, Miguel Angel Escotet, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos
BBC News (World)
The rise and fall of the five stages of grief
8 min · · Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's stages of grief are now rarely taught in a medical setting but live on in management. · Shared by 283, including Liv 😷, Simon C, Matthias Lampe, Carly, Bilal Aslam, Jane