The Party Paradox...a dive into the thoughts of Christopher Hitchens

2 years ago
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"I do not especially like the idea that one day I shall be tapped on the shoulder and informed, not that the party is over but that it is most assuredly going on - only henceforth in my absence. (It's the second of those thoughts: the edition of the newspaper that will come out on the day after I have gone, that is the more distressing.) Much more horrible, though, would be the announcement that the party was continuing forever, and that I was forbidden to leave. Whether it was a hellishly bad party or a perfectly heavenly party in every respect, the moment that it became eternal and compulsory would be the precise moment that it began to pall." - Christopher Hitchens (Hitch 22 pg. 331)
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Although an intriguing and compelling view of life, it has problems.....and spoiler, there is but one answer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rREjrGl6L5o
Above is a YouTube version of this point made in the words of Hitchens himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA7UcPfG_N4&t=9855s
Video livestream that I referenced being in.

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