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Death & Dying

Collection by Rick Powell

MIT Technology Review

Technology that lets us speak to our dead relatives has arrived. Are we ready?

16+ min · 2022-10-18 · Digital clones of the people we love could forever change how we grieve. · Shared by 473, including Rick Powell, Howard Getson, Allison Arieff, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, A. FNIX Hill, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech, Ross Dawson, John Nosta, Touche Theories, Draven, John Hagel
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AI large language models (LLMs), which can ingest a few “prompt” sentences and spit out convincing text in response, promise to unlock even more powerful ways for humans to communicate with machines.
The New Yorker

The Art of Dying

5 min · 2022-10-26 · I always said that when my time came I’d want to go fast. But where’s the fun in that? · Shared by 9, including Rick Powell
commonsense.news

Scheduled to Die: The Rise of Canada's Assisted Suicide Program

11+ min · 2022-10-11 · What do you do when you discover your son has made an appointment for his death? · Shared by 44, including Rick Powell, Jennifer A. Frey, John Nosta, Ben Dreyfuss, Ed West
LensCulture

Time As We Know It - Photographs and text by Marna Clarke

1 min · 2022-07-12 · This intimate portrait series is a tribute to love, and to the demanding and courageous task of growing old gracefully, graciously, and aware · Shared by 512, including Rick Powell
photography
The New Atlantis

Dying, But Not Alone

7 min · From 2021 · We can’t escape the social dimension of choosing how we die. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
uscremationequipment.com

Burning Out: What Really Happens Inside a Crematorium

From 2020 · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
Bookforum Magazine

Going Postal

10 min · From 2020 · A psychoanalytic reading of social media and the death drive – Max Read · Shared by 221, 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™
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bigeasymagazine.com

The Ethics Of AI And Death

4 min · From 2020 · 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
philosophy
Aeon+Psyche

To be creative, Chinese philosophy teaches us to abandon ‘originality’

5 min · From 2020 · Whether grieving a death or connecting to colleagues, creativity enables an artful life, according to Chinese philosophy · Shared by 982, 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
creativity
philosophy
mexiconewsdaily.com

Home-hospice built around expat in Chiapas is seed planted for the future

From 2020 · In San Cristóbal, a 71-year-old American is living his last few months in peace and comfort with friends, caregivers—and stage 4 cancer. · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
Harper's Magazine

[Memoir] The Cancer Chair, by Christian Wiman

1 min · From 2020 · Is suffering meaningless? · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
Boston Review

A Politics of the Future

15+ min · From 2020 · Despite the myth that deaths of the elderly are never untimely, the author mourns a friend, fifty years his senior, who succumbed to COVID-19 She taught him that a moral life entails wanting those… · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
Boston Review

Love One Another or Die

17+ min · From 2020 · During the AIDS crisis, different contingents of the LGBTQ movement set aside their differences to prioritize mutual care. What can we learn from this strategy today? And why is it still so difficult… · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
HuffPost Green

Learning To Live With A Chronic Urge To Die

From 2018 · I started thinking about killing myself when I was 3 or 4 years old. I've tried nine times. This is why I'm still here. · Shared by 30, including Rick Powell, Fern
suicide
3quarksdaily.com

Obit

3 min · From 2020 · by Rafiq Kathwari Mother passed away in her sleep at Hebrew Home, The Bronx. The last time I visited her was on 7th March. Hebrew Home locked down on the 10th. Mother died alone on 31 March. She was… · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
Aeon+Psyche

Why doctors should involve a patient’s family in decisions

12+ min · From 2020 · How a concern to protect the autonomy of patients leads to the exclusion of families just when they are needed the most · Shared by 22, including 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Timothy Lomauro, Rick Powell
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