1. Both articles discussed the deaths and new lifespans. The article by Casey Newton, Eugenia Kuyda who used to be an editor from New York, had ideas of how to remember her best friend Roman Mazurenko. After Mazurenko passed away from a car accident, friends "debated the best way to preserve his memory". Newton ended up going through each other's text messages and photos in remembrance. Mazurenko applied for a "Y Combinator proposing a new kind of cemetery called Taiga" . The article by Miles Klee, Leonard "Live Forever" Jones ran for president, ended up dying by pneumonia because he did not do treatment. Klee explores the topic of a "new faith", and "shows the symbol that resists the process of decay". The episode of Black Mirror that was brought up by Newton I remember watching. The female character inserts memories and behaviors of her dead husband she had into a product that was created. I was afraid of death and still am today. I do not know what could happen to me that would cause me to pass away nor what would happen once I do. Even though I do end up passing away, the people around me would take it different ways. These two articles showed me that. Some would find a way to bring me back, others would let me go through the process of natural decay.
2. The first piece by Newton really inspired me to find ways to keep my friend's death in memory. As much as I would love to bring friends back and put their memories and behaviors into another object, it would not feel the same. Again with the Black Mirror example, the wife inserted all the memories into a new object to have its remembrance. However, it would not feel right to me. Something would feel off. The second piece by Klee showed me that having a death go through the process of natural decay was those people's way of coping with the death. Everyone has a different way of coping a death of a close friend, peer, or family member. It brings back memories of how I always wanted to do something about a death of a close one of mine when I went through this process.