[2835] in Depressing_Thoughts
Re: workload
lavin@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lavin@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Mar 25 17:39:57 1992
Hmmm. My first reaction to this chain was,
"no, then you'd be dead."
and I almost sent just that. But then I thought it might get
misinterpreted. I don't actually mean that as a depressing thought,
and I don't want you all to get all worried that I have these hidden
suicidal tendencies or something.
What I mean is that just living means you will have connections to
other people, and obligations; getting anything done, artistic,
technical, or whatever, will mean a never ending chain of connected
"Things I Should Do."
You could live alone on a tiny island somewhere and eat coconuts and
fish, I suppose, but I don't think I'd really call that a productive,
useful or fun life. (Then again, Buddha sat in a cave and stared at a
wall for 9 years, and he got to go to Nirvana.)
Just musing...
