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Yuval Noah Harari & Daniel Kahneman - Death Is Optional

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Old Age and Death Are Technical Problems, Not Metaphysical Problems

In the Middle Ages, you had this image that how does a person die? Suddenly the angel of death appears and touches you on the shoulder. And today we don't think like that. People always die for one reason and one reason only. These are technical reasons, not metaphysical reasons. This way of thinking is now becoming very dominant in scientific circles and also among the Uhtwa rich. They are understanding wait a minute, something is happening here for the first time in history. If I'm rich enough, maybe I don't have to die. That is optional. Again, if you think about it from the viewpoint of the poor, it looks terrible because throughout history death was the great

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