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Anticipatory Loss

1 essay on anticipatory loss from the Consilium journal. Featuring Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Rainer Maria Rilke, Daniel Kahneman. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.


Loss

How Do You Grieve Something That Never Had a Chance to Exist?

Kubler-Ross says grief has no rules about what counts. Rilke says live the loss without demanding it resolve. Kahneman says the mind mourns futures as vividly as pasts.

Elisabeth Kubler-RossRainer Maria RilkeDaniel KahnemanGriefAnticipatory Loss

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