Random death entry
This is an old email I sent myself. I guess I meant to write a more lengthy entry on it, but I just wanna get it out of my inbox.
Are we getting better or worse at dealing w/ death? Or will it always be the same?
While now we know more, have more things to comfort us, life in general is often easier, we (again, generally) are less superstitious, we also have less sense of family and community. We hide death, send it away to funeral homes instead of having it in our living rooms.
The world is actually less violent today than in the past, news items to the contrary notwithstanding.
But do we deal w/ the horror of death any differently? Are we better armed?
Maybe sorrow and fear of death is something that, ultimately, will frighten us to the core. Maybe that’s how it’s supposed to be.
Discuss.