> I wish society talked about death and mortality more often and openly,

They do. For example "US army sunk a boat with drug traffickers, killing everyone."

see Banality of evil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichmann_in_Jerusalem

Use of passive voice doesn't help anyone grapple with one's mortality. I specifically meant in the context of contemplating our own mortality, and not that of others - which is closer to death porn and not death sex-ed (learning how to do it ourselves)