Kevin Toolis : Our existential flight from death — and wisdom on connecting to grief

Kevin Toolis·TEDMED 2020
Our existential flight from death-and wisdom on connecting to grief
Summary

Recently, in our life, we must have too little opportunity to face the death of close people. Child mortality is quite low, Grandfather and mother live a long life. Many treatment ways of diseases are found and many people die after carrying to hospitals. However, in TV and games, much death is announced easily. You can choose death by one button in the game. Is it a good thing?

Not only children but adults must think that they can do the same thing in the game. People can’t have sympathy and grief.

Escaping from reality sometimes when we have a hard time is not wrong, though, we need to embrace our death because death is unavoidable.

The speaker tells us that individualistic societies lead to the fear and denial of death. However, living life fully means to know and embrace our death. And then, you can be strong, kind and it must create connections with others.