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I think you are right about the role of the storyteller in confronting us with insights about ourselves. I will never forget the truths revealed unto me by Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Melville, Ibsen, and so many others. The brains that delved and the hands that wrote are dust now, but their revelations endure.
On the other hand, reading the Bible or the Koran fills me with a sort of creepy dread at the thought that there are actually people out there who take this stuff seriously.
Thanks for the Salma Hayek link. There is value too in being put back in touch with one's inner primate.
It's decades since I read Charlotte's Web and my memories of it are hazy. It may well be a good vehicle to introduce children to the concept of death (if you believe it is a good idea to do that). I hope you will also consider taking a look at such works as those of Kurzweil, to introduce them to the glory of human intelligence, which will soon conquer death -- the last and most terrible enemy of our kind.
I noted Kurzweil when you mentioned in on your blog--I have already put it on my list of "to reads" which seems to be growing longer each day. Thanks for the referral, my friend.
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Guest are encouraged to leave comments here; you do not have to register an account. All that I ask is that you be respectful of the other readers of this site and its host. Stick to the ideas being expressed and you should be okay. Get personal and you might not like the results. Thanks for reading.I think you are right about the role of the storyteller in confronting us with insights about ourselves. I will never forget the truths revealed unto me by Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Melville, Ibsen, and so many others. The brains that delved and the hands that wrote are dust now, but their revelations endure.
On the other hand, reading the Bible or the Koran fills me with a sort of creepy dread at the thought that there are actually people out there who take this stuff seriously.
Thanks for the Salma Hayek link. There is value too in being put back in touch with one's inner primate.
It's decades since I read Charlotte's Web and my memories of it are hazy. It may well be a good vehicle to introduce children to the concept of death (if you believe it is a good idea to do that). I hope you will also consider taking a look at such works as those of Kurzweil, to introduce them to the glory of human intelligence, which will soon conquer death -- the last and most terrible enemy of our kind.