Understanding Life and Death Planning

The video discusses the societal tendency to plan for life events but not for death, despite its inevitability. It encourages viewers to embrace death as a part of life and to make choices about how they want to be remembered and celebrated. The speaker shares personal wishes for their remains, emphasizing the importance of planning and the potential for new technologies to offer more options in the future.

What is the one event in life that is guaranteed, according to the speaker?

• Death

• Graduation

• Marriage

• Career success

What does the speaker encourage people to do regarding their death?

• Ignore it

• Plan for it

• Fear it

• Celebrate it

According to the speaker, what should a funeral be a time for?

• Ignoring emotions

• Both mourning and celebration

• Only celebration

• Only mourning

What does the speaker suggest about the nature of funerals?

• They should be private

• They can include laughter and memories

• They should be strictly somber

• They should be avoided

How does the speaker view death?

• As a punishment

• As an end to everything

• As a part of life

• As something to be feared

What does the speaker want to happen to half of their ashes?

• Buried in a family plot

• Scattered in the ocean

• Kept in an urn at home

• Sent to Arlington National Cemetery

What does the speaker want their great-great-grandchildren to do?

• Forget about them

• Visit their grave

• Walk into Arlington National Cemetery

• Keep their ashes at home

What unique wish does the speaker have for their remains?

• To be kept in a museum

• To be turned into a tree

• To be made into a diamond

• To be buried in space

What does the speaker hope for regarding future technology?

• That it will eliminate death

• That it will be cheaper

• That it will provide more options for after death

• That it will make life easier

What is one way the speaker wants to be remembered?

• Through a painting

• Through a statue

• Through a song

• Through a book