I suspect that a MAJOR essence of the 21st century recreational wilderness is as a death encounter, like Disneyland.
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In practical terms this makes absolutely no sense, since in the last stage (traditionally ages 75-100) you'd likely be in poor health and the best place for you would be heart of civilization where you could be cared for. I sometimes wonder how it actually worked in practice.
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Read somewhere that samurai ritual seppuku was more in theory than practice, since someone would be there to cut off your head in one stroke before you could feel the pain of self-disembowelment. I wonder if all ritual suicide cultures have such a gap between theory and practice.
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