Do you want to know your death date?

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According to the German philosopher Martin Heidegger,death has two defining characteristics. 2 Kjd!~Z$  
First, it can't be outsourced - nobody can die your death for you. The second raises more +#BOWz  
questions. Heidegger says death can happen at any point, so it's randon. But with advances in LAxN?ok9gD  
genetics, knowing the date of our decease is becoming a real possibility. And is that good? =%IyR  
  Imagine going about your business with your expiry date stamped invisibly on the back of your O=}Rp1  
hand. You'd probably be spooked by this constant reminder of your mortality. You'd find it &5b3k[K"  
impossible to live. You'd pass your days in envy of those your age who are destined to live longer. =VuSi(d;e{  
  Alternatively, you could treat the date-stamp as an end date from which to work back. It would !vRZh('R  
make retirement planning and the gubbins of wills and probate smoother. It would allow you to \2a;z<(  
take an active part in organising your own funeral. You could even plan your diet: death tomorrow YuknZ&Q  
means an awful lot of jam today. And your loved ones would have the benefit of a steady coming-to- ?%Nh4+3N>  
terms with your passing away. q: FhuOP  
  But Heidegger's point is, even if geneticists, extrapolating from your current condition(s), gave 0g|5s  
you a reliable date of death, they'd fail to account for chance. Just as teenagers can crash their OmBz's
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cars, so pensioners as dit as a fiddle can still fall down the stairs. So what's the lesson? Imagine X]@
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you're programmed to die tomorrow, and live today as if it were your last. ^-k"gLg  
Robert Rowland Smith a0sz$u