You Ain’t Gonna Live Forever: The Dos and Don’ts of Legacy Building

You Ain’t Gonna Live Forever: The Dos and Don’ts of Legacy Building

From Crazy Town by Post Carbon Institute

March 11, 2026 · 41 min · Episode 120

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This episode explores the irrational pursuit of immortality projects and their cultural implications through a fantasy draft format.

Immortality projects represent an often irrational, and sometimes even unconscious, way to tamp down anxiety about death. There are some shocking examples of people, especially those with lots and lots of money, who try to leave some sort of mark in a futile attempt to keep from facing death. In this episode, we run a special fantasy-football style draft to take a look at immortality projects, some horrendous, but some with positive effects. Originally recorded on February 6, 2026. Sources/Links/Notes: Adam McCay, The Big Short , 2015 film Henry VIII Gabriella Angeleti, “ Two men sentenced to prison time for vandalising Nevada petroglyphs ,” The Art Newspaper , November 10, 2022 Owen Clarke, “ A Utah Woman Must Pay $15,000 in Fines for Vandalizing Ancient Petroglyphs ,” Outside Magazine , November 20, 2025 Lehman’s Catalog John Prine, “ Paradise ” 1971 song X post on Brian Johnson’s erections , February 11, 2024 Epic of Gilgamesh Tompkins Conservancy and Patagonia National Park Instituto Terra Eric Grundhauser, “ Visit a Beard That Killed Its Owner ,” Atlas Obscura , January 26, 2018 Raoul Wallenberg Related episode(s) of Crazy Town : Crazy Town Classics “ Terror Management…

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Organizations: The Art Newspaper, Outside Magazine, Lehman’s Catalog, Tompkins Conservancy, Patagonia National Park, Instituto Terra

Books & works: The Big Short, Paradise, Epic of Gilgamesh, Visit a Beard That Killed Its Owner

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