August 7, 2009
The Ghosts in Our Machines:Being so death-haunted explains our birth dearth to some extent; we get little solace from thinking about the children who will live on after us. Nor do we get much satisfaction from producing any accomplishments that will stand the test of time much better than we can as biological beings, and that’s why there’s so little building or writing for the ages these days. Being so death-haunted also helps to explain the extreme measures taken by the old to look young, not to remind us that they’re dying It’s one reason why the old are increasingly separated from the rest of society, and their care turned over to workers. It might even have something to do with why physicians have less time for their dying patients, and why the best and the brightest medical students are choosing dermatology—which, as medical specialties go, has very little do with either birth or death. Is death God’s will, or an unexpected accident? Today, we are reluctant to answer. -- Solzhenitsyn On Our Future — Civitate
Posted by Vanderleun at August 7, 2009 2:22 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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As someone who has read most of Solzhenitsyn (in translation) I can state unequivocally, that while the author starts well, in the end he just doesn't get Solzhenitsyn.
Posted by: RKV at August 8, 2009 6:31 AM
I agree with you there.
Posted by: Van der leun at August 8, 2009 7:28 AM