Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
-Steve Jobs
Why does fear motivate humanity to continue to make the wrong choices? Is there such a thing as wrong choices when every choice is part of the experience? If we live a life of experiences, should we be concerned with the important things in life? After all meaning is meaningless.
Please provide evidence from your observations, studies, and/or readings.
