And people say studying humanities is useless...
Before you can even begin to approach questions like this, you have to get a lay of the land at least... read an article on philosophy and religion in the encyclopedia.
These aren't new questions. They've been dissected and applied to the furthest reaches of our understanding. It's all written down and at our fingertips 24/7.
They underlie the primary question in the article. Retirement is irrelevant. In a very roundabout way it seems like that is what Mr Greenspun is trying to say, but it kind of comes across as (the illustrious Gordon Lightfoot put it) a "rich man's spiritual".
> In olden times, the average person didn't expect to be happy.
How can this even be proposed? Maybe I just read way too into this. Is it a joke?
edit: I don't like leaving such negative comments. I envy Mr Greenspun. I'm not 37 yet but I'm not too far off, either. If I could retire at that age and spend the rest of my life exploring philosophy and leisure... well I could hardly think of a finer place to end up in one's life. Starting to ask the questions at all is how to start. Kudos.
Before you can even begin to approach questions like this, you have to get a lay of the land at least... read an article on philosophy and religion in the encyclopedia.
These aren't new questions. They've been dissected and applied to the furthest reaches of our understanding. It's all written down and at our fingertips 24/7.
They underlie the primary question in the article. Retirement is irrelevant. In a very roundabout way it seems like that is what Mr Greenspun is trying to say, but it kind of comes across as (the illustrious Gordon Lightfoot put it) a "rich man's spiritual".
> In olden times, the average person didn't expect to be happy.
How can this even be proposed? Maybe I just read way too into this. Is it a joke?
edit: I don't like leaving such negative comments. I envy Mr Greenspun. I'm not 37 yet but I'm not too far off, either. If I could retire at that age and spend the rest of my life exploring philosophy and leisure... well I could hardly think of a finer place to end up in one's life. Starting to ask the questions at all is how to start. Kudos.