When we consider the problem ofaging, and imagine that we might be able to cure it, that alternating current we feel consists of longings and dread. We are afraid of what we wish for; and most of our fears, like our hopes, have always cycled in us. Dreams of immortality have led to terrible nightmares of boredom ever since people began writing down their thoughts."Who the hell wants to live forever? Most of us, apparently; but it's idiotic," Truman Capote writes in his essay "Self-Portrait." "After all, there is such a thing as life-saturation: the point when everything is pure effort and total repetition."
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