Non-existence

You won't have to worry about spheres of influence or something as small as someone not doing what you want. You know how your mood can often depend on that action taken or not taken by someone else. Imagine in 1, 2, 5 or 10 years no longer being, no longer peering out at the world through your eyes, no longer having memories, expectations, hopes flowing through your head! Still despite all the advantages, non-being is a hard idea to swallow. Once you cross the line, there's no going back. One of the many salutary advantages of youth is to make one almost entirely immune to the notion of mortality. It's faint, distant and unbelievable. However, like a cold shower, the unavoidable imminence of the inexplicable lurks irremediably in everyone's future. Even a person who jumps out the window may entertain the notion of a soft landing, but somewhere along the way, they'll no longer be there to notice. 

read the review ofThe Wormhole Society by Francis levy and Joseph Silver in The East Hampton Star.