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27/06/2018
On the wall was a quote from Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, who died in 2011: “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.”
The Positive Death Movement Comes to Life Death cafes, death doulas, “Ask a Mortician,” DeathLab — once the province of goth subculture, death is having a moment in the sun.
22/01/2018
The app created for the purpose of freeing people from digital influence: Die With Me.
It can only be used when you have less than 5% battery: "It allows you to join a chatroom, and say goodbye to another stranger having also less than 5% battery, and die together on your way to offline peace".
Die With Me - The chat app you can only use when you have less than 5% battery. Die together in a chatroom on your way to offline peace. By Dries Depoorter & David Surprenant
06/12/2017
Philip Nitschke, whom Newsweek identifies as the "Elon Musk of assisted suicide,” advocates for euthanasia to be a legal option for anyone over 70. A new “suicide machine” allows people to exit life in an orderly, peaceful manner.
High-Tech Su***de Machine Makes Death a Painless, Peaceful, Optimal Way to Go The Sarco is a state-of-the-art death machine. In a world filled with chaos, a new “suicide machine” allows people to exit life in an orderly, peaceful manner. The Sarco is a technological marvel, resembling some kind of futuristic sleeping chamber, that aids in voluntary assisted dying. Austral...
30/10/2017
started with a welcoming word by Amanda Lagerkvist!
20/07/2017
"As part of a project called "Romancing the Gibbet", the University of the West of England has funded a series of audioguides that play excerpts of 250-year-old ballads and court proceedings as listeners pass the scenes of notorious crimes."
Historic British hangings? There's an app for that Want to find your nearest rotting human carcass, strung up for public display?
31/05/2017
Robot priest in Germany dispenses blessings with glowing hands A robot in Germany is raising its metal arms above worshipers' heads, but human priests shouldn't worry about their jobs just yet.
30/05/2017
An open letter about social media's impact on "the hierarchy of grief".
“Please Read This Before You Post Another RIP On Social Media.” There is nothing more painful than the death of a loved one. Aside from sadness...Read More »
29/05/2017
Pop Goes the Reaper! - May 2017 | The Order of the Good Death Get ready to explore your mortality through the games, movies, books and shows our contributors are currently consuming. Find new things to read, watch, or play – on your own, or…
16/05/2017
"The fast food giant's latest British advert features a boy who struggles to find something in common with his dead father, until it is revealed they shared the same favourite menu item."
McDonald's apologises for 'offensive' television advert - BBC News The restaurant chain's latest TV campaign has been criticised for exploiting childhood bereavement.
12/05/2017
"Crematoria are being fitted with equipment that can live-stream the send off. So you don’t even have to get out of bed to say goodbye to your gran."
The rise of so-called happy funerals is no laughing matter | Giles Fraser: Loose canon
There is something deeply emotionally brittle and infantile about the refusal to allow ourselves to be overcome with grief
It’s time to put the fun back into funeral. Yes, it’s going to be the party of your life. After all, you only die once. It’s your special day. Why not make it a themed…
20/04/2017
'I like the idea of my body as biomass': alternative ideas for the afterlife Our cemeteries are full, so how about becoming fuel (to heat a swimming pool) or having an augmented reality memorial?