Covid-19 makes us think about our mortality. Our brains aren’t designed for that.

Highlights and notes from Covid-19 makes us think about our mortality. Our brains aren’t designed for that by Emma Pattee at The Washington Post.

…to function as a conscious being, it’s imperative that you be in denial about your impending death.

The logical outcome is a kind of cognitive dissonance. You know all humans die, you know that you are human, and yet somehow you don’t believe that you yourself are going to die.