"As we approach, through technology, the phase of instantaneous
realization, of the realization of eternal human desires or fantasies,
of abolishing time and space the problem of boredom can only become more
intense. The human being, more and more oppressed by the peculiar terms
of his existence – one time around for each, no more than a single life
per customer – has to think of the boredom of death. O those eternities
of nonexistence! For people who crave continual interest and diversity, O! how boring death will be! To lie in the grave, in one place, how frightful!
Socrates tried to soothe us, true enough. He said there were only two
possibilities. Either the soul is immortal or, after death, things would
be again as blank as they were before we were born. This is not
absolutely comforting either."
Saul Bellow (1915-2005). Humboldt's Gift (1975). London: Penguin Books, 2008, p. 203-204
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