Stephen Cave: The 4 stories we tell ourselves about death
Стівен Кейв: Чотири історії про смерть, які ми розповідаємо
Philosopher Stephen Cave wants to know: Why is humanity so obsessed with living forever? Full bio
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question occurred to me:
become aware of death.
wouldn't happen of course,
news program at the time,
about their religious beliefs.
to think about being dead
were all equally agnostic.
on as part of a greater whole.
in the work of the alchemists,
and exactly this kind of plan B
resurrected to live again
omnipotent scientist will do it.
and a funny cat. (Laughter)
the hearts of my countrymen.
in such different belief systems,
limited by beginning and end,
limited by beginning and end,
that make up their story,
and your birth and your death.
і своє народження та смерть.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stephen Cave - PhilosopherPhilosopher Stephen Cave wants to know: Why is humanity so obsessed with living forever?
Why you should listen
Stephen Cave is a writer and philosopher who is obsessed with our obsession with immortality. In 2012 he published Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization, an inquiry into humanity's rather irrational resistance to the inevitability of death. Cave moves across time and history's major civilizations and religions to explore just what drives this instinct -- and what that means for the future. Cave writes for The Financial Times and contributes to The New York Times, The Guardian and Wired.
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