James Sexton

I don't understand complex math.

Like I can't memorize like certain sets of numbers.

Like if you tell me your phone number now, I'll forget it in 30 seconds.

And I think I'm gonna be able to understand the nature of an omnipotent creator deity that created the known universe, but also was eternal.

So to me, like the question of, do you believe in God?

Yeah, I have a feeling there's something.

I have a feeling that there's no reason to be afraid.

You know, I was a hospice volunteer for many years.

Like I'm very comfortable around death.

I've spent a lot of time with death.

And I see it, like we've done a terrible disservice to people by distracting them and hiding death from them.

Like we live in a world where death is just, it happens behind closed doors and you don't get to see it.

How many times you've been in a room when someone died?

Like I've been in a room a lot of times when people die.

Like I was a vigil volunteer for a number of years.

Why seek that out?

It's the most life-affirming experience I think you could have.

It's incredible.

It's an incredible reminder of, I think that our society is designed to distract you from the fact that you're gonna die.

Because if you thought really and internalized the fact that you're going to die, you wouldn't pay attention to the meaningless shit that keeps the machine moving.