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Society itself is essentially a "codified hero system" - a structure of customs, traditions and laws that we have designed to help us feel part of something bigger, and longer lasting, than a mere human life.

In Becker's view, all religions, all political movements and national identities, all business ventures, all charitable activity and all artistic pursuits are nothing but "immortality projects," desperate efforts to break free if deaths gravitational pull.