Philosophyspeaking topic
We fear death, yet we feel nothing about the endless void before our birth, even though both are the same state of non-existence. Why do we look at one with horror and shrug at the other? Is death really bad, or just an absence we are not used to?
— Epicurus, the symmetry argument about death
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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