The Fear of Dying Before You Become Yourself
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The Fear of Dying Before You Become Yourself
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#2The blog post is not just beige— it's filled with em dashes, and here's why that matters.
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#3> People say they're afraid of death, but often what they really mean is dying as the wrong person.
Nope, pretty sure it's almost always a mix of a) not knowing what (if anything) is after, b) the way one achieves the state of "being dead", c) high possibility of own consciousness ceasing to exist and d) leaving someone behind.
I don't really care if I'm meant to become the next Luke Skywalker or the pope, I would live just fine if I didn't have to die for something I have no control over and just remain me.
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#4The blog post is not just beige— it's filled with em dashes, and here's why that matters.
AI can do a surprisingly good job at philosophy. I think that the "knowledge join" LLMs are so good at helps the of philosophical works.
That said, the post is pretty boring.
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#5Humanity will someday solve death: make everything lifeless by default. No more death.
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#6I like this article, for me it hits the point. I'm tumbling through live, I barely make choices
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#7This blog became really active in 2025. I struggle to believe it's written by a human.
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#8The blog post is not just beige— it's filled with em dashes, and here's why that matters.
The blog post does the “It’s not X, it’s Y” pattern a few times. It’s hard not to assume the post is just produced by an LLM.
It’s frustrating not knowing whether I’m reading the musings of a real person, or the output of an LLM.
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#9There is no self.
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#10> People say they're afraid of death, but often what they really mean is dying as the wrong person. Nope, pretty sure it's almost always a mix of a) not knowing what (if anything) is after, b) the way one achieves the state of "being dead", c) high possibility of own consciousness ceasing to exist and d) leaving someone behind. I don't really care if I'm meant to become the next Luke Skywalker or the pope, I would li…
> c) high possibility of own consciousness ceasing to exist
Yeah, death being the subjective end of the universe is kinda high on the list of reasons it bothers people, I think.