It's not news, in the sense that it is some kind of timely breaking event. It is, however, an interesting change in the way people perceive death as a concept,

It's not news, in the sense that it is some kind of timely breaking event. It is, however, an interesting change in the way people perceive death as a concept, which makes it newsworthy. I will concede that the title should be changed for HN's guidelines.