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[vicarz]

Today's thought is I'm going to die. Unless I take matters into my own hands I won't know how or when, but today, 10 years, or 50 years from now I will die. Hundreds of years from now I will not even be remembered. All the pain, all the issues I care about, everything I know will be history that few will care about, and then only in aggregate form. Is there a god and if so what kind? You'll find out or not exist. I hope it doesn't hurt.

It occurs that the only way to extend your influence into the future is to initiate a change in societal structure, such as passing a legislative action. If you create an environmental protection that will last far into the future, that may make a difference - but how relevant is that when worms feed on your dry brain? If there is reincarnation, you may yet regret all those disposable packages. I don't foresee life getting better, so reincarnation might totally suck. Offspring can be a form of immortality, but only in genetic sequencing. Your lessons fade fast.

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[cobwellac.livejournal.com]

I've never really cared about my immortality. We are all born to die; it's only natural. Once I'm gone, who cares about what I've left behind? I certainly won't. I just hope that the people I loved who are still around will have good memories of me. That's all.