Ari Wallach

You need to floss at night.

The most important way to take care of future self is flossing, by the way, just to be clear. I've learned this from many people.

The most important way to take care of future self is flossing, by the way, just to be clear. I've learned this from many people.

The most important way to take care of future self is flossing, by the way, just to be clear. I've learned this from many people.

It's unbelievably key.

It's unbelievably key.

It's unbelievably key.

But we don't do it. But if you look at your mouth 20 years from now staring at you as you're smiling with the older version of Andy with you, a little bit less hair, a little bit more wrinkles, you're going to do it. This is what Hal's work has showed. So that's another thing that I've done is just look at that image of future you and connect with it. That's about having compassion for yourself.

But we don't do it. But if you look at your mouth 20 years from now staring at you as you're smiling with the older version of Andy with you, a little bit less hair, a little bit more wrinkles, you're going to do it. This is what Hal's work has showed. So that's another thing that I've done is just look at that image of future you and connect with it. That's about having compassion for yourself.

But we don't do it. But if you look at your mouth 20 years from now staring at you as you're smiling with the older version of Andy with you, a little bit less hair, a little bit more wrinkles, you're going to do it. This is what Hal's work has showed. So that's another thing that I've done is just look at that image of future you and connect with it. That's about having compassion for yourself.

That's part of this kind of transgenerational empathy component. The one thing I want to circle back on because we could quickly fly past it is this idea of futures thinking versus the singular future.

That's part of this kind of transgenerational empathy component. The one thing I want to circle back on because we could quickly fly past it is this idea of futures thinking versus the singular future.

That's part of this kind of transgenerational empathy component. The one thing I want to circle back on because we could quickly fly past it is this idea of futures thinking versus the singular future.

So let's talk about death. So it's my contention that one of the things that keeps us from thinking about the far future and acting and behaving in a way that will alter it for the better is the fact that to truly think and feel yourself into the far future means that you're going to have to think about a moment where you no longer exist.

So let's talk about death. So it's my contention that one of the things that keeps us from thinking about the far future and acting and behaving in a way that will alter it for the better is the fact that to truly think and feel yourself into the far future means that you're going to have to think about a moment where you no longer exist.

So let's talk about death. So it's my contention that one of the things that keeps us from thinking about the far future and acting and behaving in a way that will alter it for the better is the fact that to truly think and feel yourself into the far future means that you're going to have to think about a moment where you no longer exist.

In 1972, Ernest Becker wrote a book, which you'll know all about the book based on the title, called The Denial of Death. He won the Pillars Prize for it. And Becker's contention was that we're the only species that at a very early age recognizes that we are only here for a short period of time, but more than anything, at one point in time, we will die. We will cease to exist.

In 1972, Ernest Becker wrote a book, which you'll know all about the book based on the title, called The Denial of Death. He won the Pillars Prize for it. And Becker's contention was that we're the only species that at a very early age recognizes that we are only here for a short period of time, but more than anything, at one point in time, we will die. We will cease to exist.

In 1972, Ernest Becker wrote a book, which you'll know all about the book based on the title, called The Denial of Death. He won the Pillars Prize for it. And Becker's contention was that we're the only species that at a very early age recognizes that we are only here for a short period of time, but more than anything, at one point in time, we will die. We will cease to exist.

And it was Becker's contention further that everything, religion, culture. laptops, convertibles, everything that we create is our way of pushing back the very understanding that at one point we will cease to exist. And it horrifies us.