Tag: Death
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The Empathetic Civilisation | Dirty Heaven [3]
I’ve been thinking about Jeremy Rifkin’s talk on ‘The Empathetic Civilisation’ which he gave at the RSA last year. It sparked my interest because of this quote: “There is no empathy in heaven, because there is no mortality. There is no empathy in utopia, because there is no suffering.” This made think a little about…
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Apple on Apple | (Steve) Jobs for Life
There has been some interesting discussion around Steve Jobs’ unfortunate temporary withdrawal from Apple due to ill health. Jobs is perhaps unique in that he is a genuine figurehead – and as Apple is the world’s largest company, that’s important. If he goes, what will remain? Andy Crouch quotes Jobs speaking in his Harvard Commencement…
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The Dying of the Year | Big Freeze | Faith and Cryogenics
Been quiet here recently – just been taking it easy and working on some other writing, plus enjoying Christmas etc. But ended up musing this morning, connecting up a few random thoughts which I thought would make a timely post at the death of the year. New Year’s eve is always a strange time I…