I realize that a large part of my interest in longevity science derives from fear of death. To the extent that chronic fear is controlling me and perturbing my life experience, the dissolution of the fear of death is a worthy goal, quite independent of longevity. This practice shed a new light on my lifelong fear of death, and changed the way I think about life extension. These are all names for sublimated fear of death that comes out to taint my experience of life in so many ways. I don’t have a deep cure for fear, but I am aware of times in my life when fear seems to be in remission, and I relish them.