Evening, Florencia
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Elizabeth Rivas, a mother of six, was at the laundromat when her husband, Moises, a chef at Windows on the World [Trade Center], called looking for her. When she saw the news of the attacks on television, she rushed home, barged through the door, and asked her daughter if there was any word.
“He said, Mommy, he loves you no matter what happens. He loves you,” Rivas told CNN. That was the last they heard from him.
Rivas later said, “He tried to call me. He called me.”
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He perdido algo que me era esencial, y que ya no lo es. Ya no me es necesaria: como si hubiera perdido una tercera pierna que hasta ahora me imposibilitaba andar pero me permitía ser un trípode estable. Esta tercera pierna la he perdido. Y he vuelto a ser una persona que no había sido nunca. He vuelto a tener lo que nunca había tenido: tan solo dos piernas. Sé que es únicamente con dos piernas que puedo andar. Pero la ausencia inútil de la tercera me hace falta y me asusta, era ella la que hacía de mí una cosa que yo misma podía encontrar, sin tan siquiera tenerme que buscar.
Tendré que correr el riesgo sagrado del azar. Y sustituiré el destino por la probabilidad.La pasión según G.H., Clarice Lispector -
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Antinatalism
If you’re religious:
(1) Those who exist experience suffering and may end up forever thrashing about in a forsaken pit of violence, agony and despair, which is bad.
(2) Those who exist experience pleasure and may enjoy everlasting bliss, which is good.
(3) Those who do not exist do not suffer, which is good, even if that good is not enjoyed by anyone.
(4) Those who do not exist do not experience pleasure, which is not bad, because there is nobody for whom this absence is a deprivation.
If you’re an atheist:
(1) Those who exist experience suffering, which is bad.
(2) Those who exist experience pleasure, which is good.
(3) The absence of suffering for the nonexistent is good, even if that good is not enjoyed by anyone.
(4) The absence of pleasure for the nonexistent is not bad, because there is nobody for whom this absence is a deprivation.
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“We experience life as individuals, not as a collective mind, and one advantage of this is that throughout the entire world, there is no more pain perceived at any one moment than what a single person is capable of experiencing – and most of us are pretty well equipped to handle that. Life may not lead anywhere, and it’s certainly not easier than never being born, so you could say “why bother?” to it … but it’s a lot more audacious to say “Why not?” -
“Life may be pointless, difficult, and absurd, but it’s far more interesting than the barren, lifeless landscapes that cap off a victorious Benatarian revolution.” -
“We should work toward the total extinction of sentient life on the planet.” — -
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