Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Growing Old


A major annoyance of growing old is the diminishment of our senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell, etc. (etc. is a big one). However, the real pain and pathos comes from our shrinking circle of friends and family. Death too often then becomes our escape from numbness and isolation.

Those Silicon Valley moguls who think that they will live hundreds of years might have second thoughts as they stumble upon these realities.

4 comments:

DEN said...

This sounds a bit morose. I think isolation is often self-imposed, driving family and friends away with constant negativism and rage. Not clear who the "Silicon Valley Moguls" are. What gives you the impression that they think they will live forever?

bec_1969 said...

shrinking circle of friends and family? you have lots of friends still around that you see often and a house full of family plus family not too far away... so much better than living far away...

George W. Potts said...

"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/03/silicon-valleys-quest-to-live-forever"

DEN said...

0k pardon me if i don't read NewYorker Magazine