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Welcome to the Brink of Everything

Every day, I get closer to the brink of everything. We’re all headed that way, of course, even when we’re young, though most of us are too busy with Important Matters to ponder our mortality.

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What Scares Me About Getting Old

I’ve discovered that growing older hasn’t been a Lego-like replacement of “young” Ken figures with increasingly older versions. Instead, all of these younger selves are still very much alive and thriving, layered and integrated over the years.

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My Own Life

A month ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health. At 81, I still swim a mile a day. But my luck has run out—a few weeks ago I learned that I have multiple metastases in the liver.

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How a Doctor Brought Life Back to a Nursing Home Where People Were Dying

In his new book ‘Being Mortal,’ surgeon and author Atul Gawande tells the miraculous story of a menagerie that gave sick people a reason to live.

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