Eternity: Why We Want It, and Why We Might Not

“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”
Mark Twain

Dear Professional Overthinkers,

Here’s a treat for us 🙃

Eternity is a concept we invoke easily and examine rarely.
We talk about forever while living in short bursts of attention, deadlines, and finite lives. Is eternity something we genuinely desire—or something we reach for out of fear of ending?

This meetup explores whether meaning depends on limits, whether mortality gives life its urgency, and whether an eternal existence would enrich human life or quietly drain it of significance. We’ll ask why eternity comforts us, why it unsettles us, and whether a life without an endpoint would still feel meaningful—or simply exhausting.

No conclusions required. Curiosity encouraged.