My social isolation has increased since I entered my thirties two years ago. I have been single for some time. My friends have all settled into marriage and are now beginning the project of making babies. As they develop, I’m left behind. The more I stagnate, the more they pity me. The more they pity me, the less inclined they are to spend what little spare time they have with me. Exchanges become awkward. The result is that I’m not stagnating, I’m regressing. My alienation from others is cresting into hatred. I was raised and still live in NYC, where extreme privilege is now always […]
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I am 11 years old and i know i am going to die, you can try to talk me out of it, hell if you make me find a reason to live then i won’t jump of the 17 floor roof terrace. You know what, i’m scared, terribly terribly scared. Do you know why, because after death there is nothing, nothing at all! Just a bleak empty nothingness, I hope there is something after death. I wish with all my heart that there is something after death, but sadly there is nothing. This is me, signing off, maybe someone will read this and care, hell, i […]
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I’m the producer of a new mini-documentary series exploring philosophical, ethical, spiritual or existential issues facing people today. The installments look at these issues from social, scientific and spiritual perspectives and are intended to be thought provoking, reassuring and inspirational. Representative topics include: Can one person make a difference in the world? Is there an upside to adversity? How can we deal with grief and loss in a positive way? For each of the topics we will be turning to a variety of sources – educators, scientists, psychologists, behaviorists and theologians – as we sort out the complexity of the questions and the possible […]