We can't control how we'll die. I find that liberating

It's important to live healthily, but scientists also tell us that the majority of cancers are down to chance - a good reminder of the limits of individual responsibility Our terror of death (happy new year, by the way) surely has much to do with a fear that it is out of our control. The lifetime risk of dying in a road accident is disturbingly high - one in 240 - and yet the freakishly small chance of dying in a plane accident generally provokes far more fear. We dread a final few moments in wh...