Death and Professional Perpetuity on LinkedIn

Notified of deceased colleagues’ job anniversaries

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What happens when you die is anyone’s guess. The Christian happy path imagines the dead flying around heaven, jamming with Elvis and John Lennon. Buddhists and Hindus envision the dead reincarnating into new lives in new forms. Others believe nothing happens in death — consciousness ends and the body…