It’s that the portrayal of existence as relying on a termination to give it meaning-I’m skeptical of that idea, especially when you have new people coming into existence who are in the midst of learning through life. It’s not that the other characters were being selfish. I think probably Tahani got it right in trying to see what she could do to help the rest of humanity. Pamela Hieronymi: They’re definitely taking a side in an ongoing philosophical discussion about immortality, saying that an infinite and trouble-less life would be meaningless. One of them has called people like me the “immortality curmudgeons.” There are debates between philosophers who think immortality would be good and philosophers like me who think you need mortality. The idea that you have to be mortal in order for life to be meaningful is something I wrote about in the Death book, although it’s not original to me. The moment with Chidi and Eleanor where you have “Spiegel im Spiegel” in the background was very moving. Todd May: I thought what they did was very touching. Slate: So, what did you think of the finale?
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