People often dream of immortality. Technically, it is possible with future technology. Gene therapy can give you a genetic make up that encourages healthier cells. Aging organs can be regrown with stem cells. Cancers will be cured one day in the future. Immorality is possible... save for the unseen bus.
This idea we can escape death ignores the fact accidents happen. We cannot control everything in life. We will die because one day, something will break, we will miss an important detail or we will just get bored and commit suicide.
So why do we get so angry when historical items and sites break down? The fire in Slovakia underlines how little events can take everything away from us. Two kids apparently tried to light a cigarette and started a grass fire that took the roof of Krasna Horka and gutted the insides.
So I ask, why spend money on extending your life indefinitely only to be taken by a banana peel at the top of the stairs?
All I can say is, oops.
- Servus
This idea we can escape death ignores the fact accidents happen. We cannot control everything in life. We will die because one day, something will break, we will miss an important detail or we will just get bored and commit suicide.
So why do we get so angry when historical items and sites break down? The fire in Slovakia underlines how little events can take everything away from us. Two kids apparently tried to light a cigarette and started a grass fire that took the roof of Krasna Horka and gutted the insides.
So I ask, why spend money on extending your life indefinitely only to be taken by a banana peel at the top of the stairs?
All I can say is, oops.
- Servus
No comments:
Post a Comment