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Would Knowing You Will Die in a Few Months Change the Way You Live?

Posted by Ross Nichols on Monday, February 23, 2015, In : Life 
It's said that there are only 2 certainties in life: death and taxes.  Most of us accept that we will eventually 'shuffle off this mortal coil' as Hamlet said, but probably prefer not to think about it too much.  But what if we suddenly found out we had only a short time left on this earth, would that change the way we live?  

This is the situation author and academic Oliver Sacks finds himself in: a month ago he was in rude good health at age 81 but found out he had a rare and incurable cance...
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