In Praise of Life (Let’s Ditch the Cult of Longevity)

This is a guest post written by Glen Olives Thompson. He is a Professor of North American Law at La Salle University in Chihuahua, Mexico.

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You are going to die.

If this troubles you, it shouldn’t; you should get over it and get on with living.

Here’s why.

My wife’s cousin recently died of a heart attack. On an idle Sunday afternoon while enjoying lunch with his family he felt odd heart palpitations and laughed them off. When the arrhythmia returned, he reluctantly agreed to go to a nearby clinic...