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Thoughtlets. LIV. “Your dog is a true philosopher.”
There are people who say Dog is God spelled backward. And that’s exactly what comes to mind every time my dogs lick cat vomit off the rug. It’s a behaviour akin to playing records backward to reveal Satanic messages. This way Doris Day, that way Linda Blair. Now don’t get me wrong. I love my Continue reading
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Thought experiment: the last humans. (Thoughtlets. XL.)
Thought experiment. Imagine some cosmic event renders all humans sterile. After a number of decades pass, humankind literally enters a Golden Age, with an exclusively senior population. Although, ‘senior’ might lose its current meaning when the youngest among us is 64. I wonder if those in good health will resent the burden of care imposed Continue reading
