Why do We Continue Living if We Will All Eventually Die? | Sebastian Puma | TEDxUWCEA Youth

A TEDx talk by Sebastian Puma, given at TEDxUWCEA Youth, looks at a question that arose from his childhood. He once believed that everyone, including his parents, would keep growing and grow as tall as mountains. Learning that this was not the case led him to ask why people keep living if everyone eventually dies. The talk was given at an independently organized TEDx event that follows the TED conference format. The description gives no further detail about his answer or the arguments he makes.

• A childhood belief that people keep growing, as told by the speaker
• The realisation that people do not grow forever, which prompted the central question
• Why people continue living if death is certain, the talk's central question
• Presented at an independently organized TEDx event

When he was a kid, he thought everyone, especially his parents, would continue to grow and grow and soar into the sky like mountains! Realising that wasn't the case made him ask himself, "why do we continue living if we will all eventually die?" When he was a kid, he thought everyone, including his parents, would continue to grow and grow and soar into the sky like mountains! Realising that wasn't the case, it made him ask himself, "why do we continue living if we will all eventually die?" This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx