Most of us have grappled with the death riddle.

Do we want to die suddenly, without anxiety or dread, with no chance to say goodbye? Or do we want time between the devastating news and our last breath so that we might ease the fears of those we love, and make peace with those we wish we'd loved more?

Our little game is premised on the assumption that we choose when and how we will die. This is not always so. Newspapers and nightly broadcasts are full of stories about people who ...

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