Four givens
Renowned psychiatrist Irvin Yolem talks about the four givens of human existence: isolation, meaninglessness, freedom and mortality. PICTURE: deberarr/iStockphoto At our core, we all battle with our feelings of being alone, of wanting autonomy, the desire for meaning, and the reality of death. These are the existential challenges that drive our anxiety, and we either ignore […]
Essay: Life expectancy improves in some countries after big drops in 2020 – but US and others see further falls
University of Oxford scholars JENNIFER BEAM DOWD, JOSÉ MANUEL ABURTO and RIDHI KASHYAP look – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what the latest data on life expectancy shows…
Shocked by COVID deaths, young Indians rush for life insurance
Bengalaru, BangladeshReuters Like many other twenty-somethings in India, Beverly Coutinho kept postponing buying a life insurance policy, until a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths made her confront her own mortality. “I saw people my own age dying, which prompted me to get life insurance immediately,” says Coutinho, a 24-year-old senior executive at a public […]
THIS LIFE: DO YOU KNOW WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING?
CAROL ROUND, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, reflects on our mortality…