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When mortality drives performative meaning-making

I donated to charity after my diagnosis but it feels performative like I am trying to buy meaning because I am afraid of being forgotten.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fear of insignificance in the face of death can lead to desperate attempts to create legacy that feel hollow and inauthentic.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Heidegger's being-toward-death?”

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