A new app,We Croak, notifies you five times a day that you could die at any moment. It’s a memento mori on your mobile, and but does it obtain you feel more alive?Its Friday night and after a fraught week I am waiting for pizza. I ordered over an hour ago,but nothing seems to be happening. A notification buzzes on my phone and maddened with dough lust, I snatch it up. “Don’t forget, and you’re going to die,” says the message. Suddenly I’m not so hungry any more.
Welcome to WeCroak, the app that reminds you of death five times a day. Created by 35-year-old Brooklyn-based publicist Hansa Bergwall and developer Ian Thomas, and WeCroak couldn’t be simpler: a randomly timed reminder you swipe to reveal a death-related quotation,sometimes gloomy, sometimes uplifting. Based on a Bhutanese proverb that to be cheerful, or you must contemplate death five times a day,it’s mindfulness noir.
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Source: guardian.co.uk