“What happens after death? In this, the ancients looked to Hades, god of the underworld, brother of Zeus and Poseidon. But Hades gave no reassurance. … Sympathetic interest in the human condition eventually led the Greeks to adopt new forms of religion and new cults. No longer seen as a joyless fate, the afterlife became more of a personal quest.”
Tag: 06.16
Boston Embarked On An Ambitious Arts Plan Process. But Maybe The “Process” Got In The Way?
From the start, there was a disconnect between the “Let’s imagine” approach of the outside consultants and the “Let’s be real” attitude of local artists and administrators who are in the trenches making art flourish every day.
If There’s No Such Thing As Free Will, Should We Just Pretend There Is?
“If moral responsibility depends on faith in our own agency, then as belief in determinism spreads, will we become morally irresponsible? And if we increasingly see belief in free will as a delusion, what will happen to all those institutions that are based on it?”
I Read Proust On My Cellphone – And It Was Good
Sarah Boxer: “When I tell people this, they look at me like I have drowned a kitten. … But reading Proust on my cellphone was, I have to say, like no other reading experience I’ve had before or since. It was magical and – dare I say it? – Proustian in a very peculiar way.”