I found this piece after hours digging into Lance Morrow's previous work on the concept of "evil" (it's a long story, but my podcast includes a component looking at Time Magazine issues from 1990-91 and he had a cover story in June of that year exploring the topic). It's chilling to consider that the man could spend a lifetime pondering and pontificating about violence and the foolish justifications for it, only to conclude at the end of that lifetime - he died 6 months later - that massacring children was justified for largely abstract moralistic goals. I'm glad I found your voice of reason at the end of this tunnel.
The Arithmetic of the Grim Reaper... This one kept me up at night. History is replete of massacre after massacre for whatever reason. Human Life has no meaning in these situations. I applaud the students who are protesting the killing in Gaza but not their violent protests. Sudan is suffering from a major famine and thousands of children will die and no one seems to care via the news. Why are we so cruel to each other and indifferent on a global scale and yet we worry about abandoned animals? Is our DNA so structured that we are nothing more than a sophisticated primate that tends to want to control everything? Although you mention that there is hope with certain political negotiations, how about all the people who have died to get to this point? I am sure that eventually a memorial will be erected and the world will go on its merry way. They say it will take 13 years to rebuild Gaza and in the meantime? What about the people who have suffered and died through this war? Man's inhumanity to man. !!! (Your presentation was superb.. )
I found this piece after hours digging into Lance Morrow's previous work on the concept of "evil" (it's a long story, but my podcast includes a component looking at Time Magazine issues from 1990-91 and he had a cover story in June of that year exploring the topic). It's chilling to consider that the man could spend a lifetime pondering and pontificating about violence and the foolish justifications for it, only to conclude at the end of that lifetime - he died 6 months later - that massacring children was justified for largely abstract moralistic goals. I'm glad I found your voice of reason at the end of this tunnel.
The Arithmetic of the Grim Reaper... This one kept me up at night. History is replete of massacre after massacre for whatever reason. Human Life has no meaning in these situations. I applaud the students who are protesting the killing in Gaza but not their violent protests. Sudan is suffering from a major famine and thousands of children will die and no one seems to care via the news. Why are we so cruel to each other and indifferent on a global scale and yet we worry about abandoned animals? Is our DNA so structured that we are nothing more than a sophisticated primate that tends to want to control everything? Although you mention that there is hope with certain political negotiations, how about all the people who have died to get to this point? I am sure that eventually a memorial will be erected and the world will go on its merry way. They say it will take 13 years to rebuild Gaza and in the meantime? What about the people who have suffered and died through this war? Man's inhumanity to man. !!! (Your presentation was superb.. )