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Readers should know that the title "who by very slow decay" is a line from the Leonard Cohen song "Who by Fire" which is a spin on the Yom Kippur prayer speculating on the many ways that people will die: some by fire, some by water, some by slow decay. Fantastic article, ref. The author seems like an interesting fellow. Just emerged from the rabbit hole of hypertext that I discovered when I looked into the author.
Thank you for this; I was in the dark. Whenever anyone asks that 'fun' question "How do you want to die?" I tell them "Laughing." But my other stock answer is from the Rolling Stones: "I hope I die before I get old." The process he describes terrifies me and I should like to avoid it.Readers should know that