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Uncomfortable as it may be, death is coming for us all. For many countries, the couple of decades will bring a period of "peak death" - or Dr Hannah Gould calls it 'Boomergeddon'.
She's a cultural anthropologist who lectures in Buddhist Studies at the University of Melbourne and has, through her research, become an expert in death and dying.
She says as wellness culture and advances in life-extending technology have grown, there's not been a corresponding focus on, or investment, in deathcare.
And while people may be seeking "greener" ways to die - people often say to her they'd like to be buried in meadow or turned into a tree - that's not particularly practical or environmentally friendly.
And what of grief? Can AI chatbots really help people deal with the loss of a loved one, or postponing a very necessary human emotion? Hannah's folded all of these issues into a new book called How to Die in the 21st Century - it's philosophical, practical and perhaps crucially, told with a bit of humour.
