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A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow. In My Time of Dying is part medical drama, part searing autobiography, and part rational inquiry into the ultimate unknowable mystery.
“A powerful book that comes as close as anything I’ve read in explaining what it means to be human. Sebastian Junger is one of the finest writers of our generation.”
—James Patterson, NY Times #1 Bestselling Author
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“The cause doesn’t have to be righteous and battle doesn’t have to be winnable; but over and over again throughout history, men have chosen to die in battle with their friends rather than to flee on their own and survive.”
Sebastian Junger at the Santa Fe Institute
Here is a talk I recently gave at the Santa Fe Institute for the Study of Complex Systems, which has been convening physicists and mathematicians - and writers! - since the Manhattan Project in the 1940s. My talk was on how rules work in human society - particularly rules that help survival in critical situations like combat. My talk is rooted in my experience as a war reporter and ranges from the ancient Scythians to the War On Terror; from the invention of agriculture to our deeply-rooted romanticizing of nomadic cultures. Enjoy! —Sebastian Junger
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