Invite death into your home

Why your happiness depends on a close relationship with death.

September 11th, 2001, in New York City, a man is taking his stack of cassettes and transferring them to his PC.

The precious cassettes are almost 30 years old, and the glue that holds the magnetic tape will degrade soon.

He can hear pocks and distortions in the audio, but luckily he got to this before it was too late. He’s been meaning to do this for years. For now, his favorite childhood music is safe from the ravages of…