I have been thinking about the future, although I know that doing so is not always regarded as wise. For some people, the future will simply not bear thinking about: “I have seen the future, brother: it is murder,” says Leonard Cohen. The daughter in Tillie Olsen’s short story “I Stand Here Ironing” says there is no reason to think about the future because “we’re all going to be atom-dead in a few years.” From this point of view, thinking about the future is like thinking about your own death. It’s inevitable, and it’s inevitably going to be bad, and that’s precisely the reason
June 9, 2023
June 9, 2023
June 9, 2023
I have been thinking about the future, although I know that doing so is not always regarded as wise. For some people, the future will simply not bear thinking about: “I have seen the future, brother: it is murder,” says Leonard Cohen. The daughter in Tillie Olsen’s short story “I Stand Here Ironing” says there is no reason to think about the future because “we’re all going to be atom-dead in a few years.” From this point of view, thinking about the future is like thinking about your own death. It’s inevitable, and it’s inevitably going to be bad, and that’s precisely the reason