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Memento mori illuminator

David Heinemeier Hansson · 11 Mar 2021

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Life is long enough if you spend it well.

That life is long enough if you spend it well, but spending it well requires embracing life's shortness.

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  1. That life is long enough if you spend it well, but spending it well requires embracing life's shortness.
  2. The constraint is part of what gives the duration its meaning.

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