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07/09/2025

Contemplating Death Can Make You Feel More Alive

Confronting our mortality can help clarify what truly matters

This essay was adapted with permission from Danny Kenny's Substack, Seeking Wisdom, which you can read here.

The plane lurched violently upward.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we’re making an emergency climb due to traffic in our flight path.” In other words: There’s a plane where it’s not supposed to be, so we’re getting the hell out of here.

The captain’s voice was steady, but the g-forces pressing me into my seat and the fast climb told a different story. It was the kind of airplane experience where your mind races to conclusions you’d rather not reach.

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