- Awareness of death's inevitability - Causes existential anxiety - Can amplify [[Cosmic insignificance]] - Thinks mortality is doomed and is not going to work - Epicureans; instead of radically changing mortality, can you radically accept? - Are we really anxious about death? - You don't have trouble conceiving the fact that you weren't existing in the world prior to your birth. Your existence itself is not terrifying. - Where death is, i am not. if you're aware that you're losing, then you're still alive. you will not be aware of when you die. you're not afraid of total loss. - instead, you're afraid of losing agency Antidote - Have a purpose in life - Strive for goals - Strengthen close relationships