Absolutely, there is a whole field of study on this one (Thanatology).CBJ wrote: ↑Tue, 11. Feb 20, 11:32Modern society has made us uniquely ill-prepared for the only certainty in life, which is death. This is largely because we have become accustomed to being able avoid it, at least until we get to a ripe old age, but also probably has something to do with the fact that we are no longer comfortable with the mourning process, so it's become internalised and hidden away. The very last thing we need is something that interferes with that even more by allowing us to pretend that a death didn't happen. This has to be a case of, to quote Jurassic Park, "...scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should."
Modern society at some point decided that death was something to be distanced and hidden away, in stark contrast to most of human history where it was treated as a central and important part of everyday life.