“Unveiling Grief: Eiren Caffall Reveals the Hidden Wisdom in ‘The Mourner’s Bestiary'”
The more we fear death, the more we hide from death, the more we believe somehow, that if we store up riches and become billionaires, we can escape death, the more we’re ready to take everything we can from every vulnerable entity, because their death doesn’t matter, but ours does, right? When we live in that system, it’s no different to decide that the pollution that’s going in from my factory destroying plankton is not a big deal. The person I’m denying health insurance to—that’s not a big deal, because it’s not me. My wealth, my attaining protection in a dangerous world is all that matters, even if what I do to achieve that makes it far more dangerous for everyone else.
