Say what you will about Steve Yegge's usual posts, but whether you like him or not, this one is outstanding. Not a blog post, really, more like a short piece of literature.
Socrates once said: the unexamined life is not worth living. I believe in that statement. Tracing out that vine is part of what makes life worth living. But what if the tracing of the vine is ultimately pointless, because it only points to the inescapability of death? Are then the blissful masses who don't examine anything better off?
I don't think so. I'd rather die with my eyes open, having traced out the vine and made sure there's really no way out.
Socrates once said: the unexamined life is not worth living. I believe in that statement. Tracing out that vine is part of what makes life worth living. But what if the tracing of the vine is ultimately pointless, because it only points to the inescapability of death? Are then the blissful masses who don't examine anything better off?
I don't think so. I'd rather die with my eyes open, having traced out the vine and made sure there's really no way out.