We already debated this, but just to give readers a little taste of my counter:

"Oh, it's not about fear of death or ego-driven at all. It's about allowing the complexity of the universe to actualize itself."

"Suuuure, it's not ego-driven at all, it's just about the universe's emergent properties arising specifically in the way you want them."

(As always, with a cheeky wink.)