It doesn't quite map on precisely, but this quote seems to capture something you're trying also trying to get at: "On the contrary, remembering that “death is the default” should mobilize us to fight them with everything we’ve got—recognizing that the one thing we’ve got, in the fight against entropy, inertia, and death, is our power of agency."
I also see a parallel to two different conceptions of ethics:
This reminds me of this post from Gena Gorlin (and the themes in her writing more generally): https://builders.genagorlin.com/p/death-is-the-default
It doesn't quite map on precisely, but this quote seems to capture something you're trying also trying to get at: "On the contrary, remembering that “death is the default” should mobilize us to fight them with everything we’ve got—recognizing that the one thing we’ve got, in the fight against entropy, inertia, and death, is our power of agency."
I also see a parallel to two different conceptions of ethics:
- "Livin
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