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b'Phil and Stephen discuss the question -- is death integral to our humanity?\\n\\nThey start with a look at a recent opinion piece at The New York Times:\\n\\nLife Is Short. That\\u2019s the Point.\\n\\n"Our mortality is not something to be overcome. It is integral to our humanity."\\xa0\\n\\nIs this correct? Are we defined by our limitations?\\n\\nMaybe. But we are also defined by other things, in part our ongoing struggle to overcome our limitations.\\n\\nInteresting quote:\\n\\nIn her new book, \\u201cNatural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer,\\u201d Barbara Ehrenreich writes: \\u201cYou can think of death bitterly or with resignation, as a tragic interruption of your life, and take every possible measure to postpone it. Or, more realistically, you can think of life as an interruption of an eternity of personal nonexistence, and seize it as a brief opportunity to observe and interact with the living, ever-surprising world around us.\\u201d\\n\\nThis is true, but on the other hand -- Death Sucks!\\n\\nWT 470-788\\n\\nEternity Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\\n\\nVideos and Images from Pixabay.com and other sources.'