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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 04:10:42 JST Aral Balkan

   To think that within the next century, 8 billion people will die, including me and everyone reading this post…

   I find it a humbling but not depressing thought. If anything, it tells me to live and not sweat the small stuff. And I dare say we could all use a reminder to do that from time to time :)

   • 🐙 Compañero Allende 🇵🇸 (morpheo@kolektiva.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 05:49:35 JST 🐙 Compañero Allende 🇵🇸

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     @aral
     probably more, no?

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 05:49:35 JST Aral Balkan

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     • 🐙 Compañero Allende 🇵🇸

     @morpheo Indeed. I should’ve said at least :)

   • Paul McBride (thepaulmcbride@indieweb.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 05:52:51 JST Paul McBride

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     @aral a while ago I built https://thedeathclock.co to visually represent how short life is as a way to encourage living it fully.

   • Laura Watson (canticanovae@mastodon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 06:58:00 JST Laura Watson

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     • Paul McBride

     @ThePaulMcBride @aral
     Thought this essay (along the same lines as your thoughts here) was really good (April 27 WaPo): https://wapo.st/42f0LJx

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 06:58:29 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Laura Watson
     • Paul McBride

     @canticanovae @ThePaulMcBride That was beautiful; thank you :)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 15:40:37 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Alan Dalton

     @Alan 💕

   • Alan Dalton (alan@alpaca.gold)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 15:40:38 JST Alan Dalton

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     @aral I like that perspective. It reminds me of your 2012 essay: http://www.breakingthin.gs/this-is-all-there-is.html