We are always learning - as individuals and as a society. Ideally both are so that we can find better ways of doing things.

This makes two close friends that I've had to "bury" (ok, both were cremated but you know) and at least half a dozen colleagues. Looking over my LJ friends list, I've got 3 dead people and 2-3 others that dropped out of sight and no one knows what happened. LinkedIn and Facebook keep trying to suggest that I "get back in touch" with dead people. I'm only 43.