I always get a little nervous when public intellectuals develop a deep interest in mortality later in life. It’s a common arc, and one that doesn’t play so well with the rank and file. You see this in religious conversion often, where everyone is happy to welcome someone new; it’s beautiful how seriously some converts take a faith. But easy to forget they started wrestling with certain ideas six months ago while the quieter cradle to graves have spent a lifetime marinating in them. Wisdom comes from time. And the loudest, most fervent voices often forget that.
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