Welcome to the new Korean craze of "well-dying". In a country infatuated with "well-being" - living and eating healthily, even to the point where tobacco-makers offer vitamin-enriched "well-being cigarettes" - training companies are now offering courses on dying a good death.

From the archive:

In the 21st century, we "shy away from death," and we tend to think of a good death as a sudden one.

Not so in the 19th century.

Dying well meant having time to assess your spiritual state and say goodbye -- which is difficult to do if you're killed in battle.

To be sure, time marches on.

Yet for many Californians, the looming demise of the "time lady," as she's come to be known, marks the end of a more genteel era, when we all had time to share.

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Kronomy is the place where the collective global memory lives. It allows you to create events and memories on a life path that can be easily explored and linked with others.

Unlike standard social networking websites, which offer only static profiles that focus on the present, Kronomy's simple navigation tools and advanced graphic interface let you travel effortlessly along entire life paths and explore events in depth.

Now you can travel through time, reviewing your own and others' lives, crossing paths with people who share identical or similar experiences and discovering interesting people who are ready to share their life events.

We know that your past experiences are as important to you as what's happening now, which is why we created this dynamic collective memory for everyone to participate in, use and enjoy.

The more life paths that are added and linked, the more powerful and complete the world's memory becomes - a fascinating and invaluable resource for all time.

When death is a reminder to live