> including the baseline fear of death, which we all actually have That is a strong claim. I have no fear of death, but a fear of what often immediately prece

> including the baseline fear of death, which we all actually have That is a strong claim. I have no fear of death, but a fear of what often immediately precedes death, namely decrepitude and illness. I'm in my mid 50s and so I watched the generation of my grandparents go through it, and then my parents generation. The only positive I can find in that is that if any of them feared death, the illness had made them prefer it over the constant sickness.