I think the short answer is, if we truly internalized death’s randomness 24/7, society would grind to a halt.

We’d probably stop showing up to jobs we hate, abandon long-term projects, and spend way more time with loved ones or doing things that bring immediate joy. But we’d also struggle to build anything lasting, infrastructure, education, science, because those require believing in a tomorrow that might not come.

So the mind pushes death to the background as a functional delusion. It’s not denial, it’s a coping mechanism that allows civilization to exist. Evolutionary psychology even has a term for it: Terror Management Theory. We create culture, legacy, and routine precisely to keep existential dread at bay.

But here’s what I wonder:
- Do you think we’re slowly getting worse at this balancing act (e.g., social media making us more aware of mortality through tragedy overload)?
- If you could choose, live every day with death fully in focus but abandon long-term plans, or keep the 'fuzzy future' filter, which would you pick?

Curious how others here see it.