On death...
Here is a morbid but potentially life giving blog on death! Life and death aren’t enemies - they’re dance partners. They move together, not just in the grand scheme of existence but inside us, in every cell. It might sound grim to start with death, but stick with me - because understanding how cells die can teach us how to live with more purpose. We’ve always believed birth and death are life’s only certainties. But science is rewriting that story. Today, technology lets us choose genetic traits, surrogates, and even debate when life should end. These choices confuses our old ideas about beginnings and endings. There is more in the pipeline of technology too! But these two certainties still remain. We are not talking about that here - something else. Death that preserves, protects and gives life. I have been facing it every day. Every day one fish in my fish tank dies (guppies), but then I see many baby fish, swimming around. Did the mother give birth and die? (Any one...