André Gorz Tweet
06/23/20 • 51 min
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues Additional content note: euthanasia/suicide
I realised that maybe our positions aren’t that different after all. And I wondered if, in the moments that I manage to believe in hope, I seem as inspiring and naïve as he does. It made me wonder if maybe the spark I see in him, that belief in people and ideas, if that isn’t also in me, despite my frequent feeling that it isn’t. If I might communicate that to other people regardless. If the world as humans know it lasts for long enough for me to reach a similar age as my dad, I wonder if I will be someone who frustrates and delights young people with my faith in them, whether I will still accept the possibility of hope and change?
This episode is about belief, hope and progress. It considers technological change, generational change, spiritual change and political change.
Artwork by my brother Tony Pickering: http://www.pick-art.co.uk/
General content note for the series: death, dementia, old age, mental health issues Additional content note: euthanasia/suicide
I realised that maybe our positions aren’t that different after all. And I wondered if, in the moments that I manage to believe in hope, I seem as inspiring and naïve as he does. It made me wonder if maybe the spark I see in him, that belief in people and ideas, if that isn’t also in me, despite my frequent feeling that it isn’t. If I might communicate that to other people regardless. If the world as humans know it lasts for long enough for me to reach a similar age as my dad, I wonder if I will be someone who frustrates and delights young people with my faith in them, whether I will still accept the possibility of hope and change?
This episode is about belief, hope and progress. It considers technological change, generational change, spiritual change and political change.
Artwork by my brother Tony Pickering: http://www.pick-art.co.uk/
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