Death Can Make You Happy
Psychology writer Oliver Burkeman confronts what many of us see as the most negative of all life's experiences. Could we derive happiness from thinking more about death?
In the final episode of Oliver Burkemanβs series The Power of Negative Thinking, it is finally time to confront what many of us see as the most negative of all experiences: death. Could there really be a path to happiness through thinking more about our own, and our loved onesβ, mortality? Oliver will speak to a death βdoulaβ, and ask what lessons we can learn about living from those who are near-to-death. Heβll also explore the modern-day rediscovery of βmemento moriβ, constant reminders of death in daily life. In deliberately confronting death, can life take on a new and vivid sense of meaning?
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- Fri 25 Nov 2016 13:45ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Mon 9 Aug 2021 09:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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