What's Changing? - Ageing
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May 2020
Death
On Dante
Is it possible to appreciate fully Dante’s work without understanding the man himself and the society in which he lived? A recent book attempted to shed new light on what some have called the greatest of all European poems.
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What's Changing? - Death
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May 2020
What's New? - Death
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April 2020
What's Changing? - Legacy
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April 2020
- According to pattidigh, when we die, we leave behind shadows of ourselves in the form of objects, a kind of luminous debris of things. She asks "What is your luminous debris?"
October 2018
People are living longer almost everywhere
In 1960, the average life span globally was 52.6 years. Today it’s 72 years. The reasons include improvements in child survival, expanded access to healthcare (including widespread vaccination), and people being lifted out of extreme poverty.
Steep decline in infant deaths
The death rate of babies under the age of one has fallen steeply in the last few decades. It's now probably at its lowest ever rate in human history. That’s thanks to many modern public health victories: better sanitation, more access to clean drinking water, enhanced nutrition, and the improved education of women.
On living your life
Children’s book illustrator and Where the Wild Things Are author Maurice Sendak, in an NPR Fresh Air interview less than a year before his death in 2012, made a heartwarming call to "live your life, live your life, live your life".
