@vidak I definitely agree on that relationship with happiness. I feel like I have accepted death as a part of life. It doesn't worry me, but it also doesn't motivate me. Within the context that this question rises in the podcast, death is usually considered a motivator because we only get "get one got at this wild ride". I don't know if I'm just wired differently, but in my day to day life I don't find motivation in that. I find motivation in simply just "I do X because I want to".

Also, I don't really think that motivation in regards to death is really about fearing death itself, but rather fearing not living your life to the fullest while you have the opportunity. I get the logic behind this, it's just not something I regularly consider during life, nor does choosing to think about this motivate me. It seems like many guests on the podcast say they do find this line of thinking to be motivating, and they consider it regularly or even constantly.

As for something I would die for - since my own mortality is something I don't think of often, I can't really think of what I would actually die for. To save someones life is the obvious answer to me. For any cause I could only imagine I would be more helpful alive than dead.