# Death

*2021-04-10*

> There are very few events that warrant the complete seizure of attention that the death of Prince Philip had on the news agenda just yesterday.

https://adamstoner.com/death/

There are very few events that warrant the complete seizure of attention that the death of Prince Philip had on the news agenda just yesterday.

Even the truly world-stopping pandemic had its press conferences scheduled.

We tend not to focus on the millions of day-to-day choices and interactions that have culminated in to who we are today and will continue to compound into who we become. Instead, we look back – in that final second – at an entire lifetime of work. Acknowledge it or not, we all are making our way to that final second.

[I'm a republican](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republicanism_in_the_United_Kingdom) (in the sense that I believe anybody should be able to be Head of State) but Philip's death serves as a [memento mori](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori) – a reminder that even the mightiest and most God-ordained die.