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CakerOats · 4357 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: If you could know when and how you would die, but couldn't change it, would you want to know?
I won't exist, so I won't care.
thenewgreen · 4357 days ago · link ·
But you do exist right now, isn't that something you wish to preserve?
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thenewgreen · 4357 days ago · link ·
Fair enough. I am also fairly sure that once I am dead I won't care. However, now that I am alive and have an enthusiasm for living, it's hard not to fear it's conclusion. I rather like being alive. This fear does not debilitate me, in fact I think it allows me to live a more full life. As Kafka said, "the meaning of life is the fact that it ends".
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