Is your own mortality something you regularly think about? How does it effect you if it is?

I've been listening to quite a bit of Lex Fridman's podcast lately (started because I wanted to listen to the John Carmack episode) and Lex asks his guests about this often. They usually seem to say that they regularly do think about their own mortality and that it's a motivating factor in their day to day life.

This is not at all the case for me; I almost never think about my own mortality unprompted, and it certainly doesn't feel like it's particularly motivating when I do. I'm curious how others generally think about this.

Some truths about programming:

If it's not documented, it's not useful.

To write fast software, use a slow computer.

Premature optimization is the root of all evil.

Shared mutable state is the root of all evil.

The user is always right.

Software that is designed for someone is more useful than software that is designed for everyone.

Good software can be declared complete in a finite amount of time.

Text is the universal interface.

Software should be able to outlive the author.

I might add more. Feel free to share your own thoughts too.

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