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Mortality is not what gives life its urgency: the goals people actually pursue are not driven by knowing they will die.
Drawn from what Paul Bloom said
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What Paul Bloom actually said
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Psychologist at the University of Toronto and professor emeritus at Yale
But when I think about all the goals I have in my life right now—finish this Substack, get the house ready for some visitors, prepare a course for next year, write a paper, etc.—none of it is driven by an appreciation of my mortality.
Where this was said
↗Immortality Sounds Pretty Good, Actuallysmallpotatoes.paulbloom.net
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