The more we lose our fear of dying, the more alive we become. The tragedy of modern humanity is that most people live and die inside emotional prisons, never truly experiencing freedom. Even our fears are being monetized — turned into products, propaganda, and illusions of control.
The human ocean has been very busy today. Constantly, waves of humans are coming at me — but all have been easy to handle! 😊
Yesterday, when I was walking out of my condominium complex to go for a walk at Chaparral Park, a Waymo driverless car, powered by AI, was exiting. I stopped to let it go first, but instead, it waited for me to cross. AI is so polite! One of these days, I’m going to take a ride in one of those cars — just to experience what it’s like to be driven by a form of intelligence that doesn’t project fear.
Because when we lose the fear of dying, we also lose the fear of living. That’s the difference between existing and being alive.
The tragedy of many people is that they spend their entire lives afraid --- of aging, of loss, of change, of death — and in that fear, they become trapped in an emotional prison. They never experience authentic living. Their inner child, still terrified and unseen, keeps them chasing illusions of safety and control.
It reminds me of an old blog post I wrote in 2022, I’m Definitely Not Good for Business, where I commented on Bill Maher’s video telling Elon Musk to “let the population collapse.” Elon, like so many in positions of power, is living in fear — the unresolved fears of the child he once was are now being triggered by his fear of running out of slaves and customers.
As the author Matt Haig wrote:
“The world is increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn’t very good for the economy... To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence. To be comfortable with our messy, human selves, would not be good for business.”
Exactly. I’m definitely not good for business — and I never want to be.
Because when you stop being ruled by fear, you can’t be manipulated anymore. You don’t need to buy artificial happiness, artificial youth, or artificial immortality. You just live — fully, freely, and consciously.
Read my original post: I’m Definitely Not Good for Business
How Much Is Enough?
When I read an article asking whether $1.5 million is enough to retire, I see not a financial question but an existential one.
If you’re asking, it’s because you don’t yet feel safe — not in your body, not in life, not in death.
When we are emotionally free, we no longer cling to the illusion of control. We know when it’s time to let go, to surrender to the recycling process that life and death are. We don’t need to buy immortality.
A million dollars — even less — is enough to live simply, consciously, and gratefully for another twenty or thirty years. But those who cannot let go, who try to prolong life at any cost, may find themselves needing endless millions to maintain an artificial existence.
True wealth isn’t in the bank.
It’s in the peace of knowing that nothing real can be lost.
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