GriefSPEAK: The death clock – Mari Nardolillo Dias

by Mari Nardolillo Dias, contributing writer

There are many new apps available that are focused on death, due to the increasing sophistication of artificial intelligence. These apps use artificial intelligence to determine our death dates.

I’ve spoken about several books that align themselves to the idea of death and whether we want to know our death day. Some people would like to know and others prefer not to.

Novels like “The Measure” and Chloe Benjamin’s “The Immortalists” analyze potential outcomes and behaviors of individuals who have the knowledge of their death date.

I went on the Death Clock app and I’m going to live until I’m 90!

The process requires you to sign in and provide some details, including hereditary details, medical history, as well as lifestyle. AI then measures your responses against 540 million other people. Based on your responses, they give you the date of your death with a “Save the date” notice.

One of the upsides of this is that if you know your death date, and you know the lifestyle changes you need to make your death date later then sooner, you can make both lifestyle and medical changes. Something to think about folks!

A lot of people I’ve spoken to are terrified to go on the the death clock app. I was very anxious and curious to find out. What say you? How would knowing your death date affect how you live?

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Dr. Mari Nardolillo Dias is a nationally board-certified counselor, holds a Fellow in Thanatology and is certified in both grief counseling and complicated grief. Dias is a Certified death doula, and has a Certificate in Psychological Autopsy.

She is Professor of Clinical Mental Health, Master of Science program, Johnson & Wales University. Dias is the director of GracePointe Grief Center, in North Kingstown, RI.  For more information, go to:  http://gracepointegrief.com/