Interesting, because this is similar to a Chinese cultivation novels, or what is known as xianxia genre, trope. Usually, characters live in different “realms” and they have to train/fight/be lucky to “reach a higher realm” where the rules are different (usually means the pressure/danger/ambient-absorbable-energy is higher).
NYC resident here, this is simply not true. Yeah of course there are gardens and bushes that are fenced off but most of the grass and dirt you can walk and lie on if you wish.
> the most heartbreaking, revelatory moment of the interview is when the 80-year-old Scorsese opened up about the stories he wants to tell and how little time he has left to tell them. “I wish I could take a break for eight weeks and make a film at the same time [laughs]. The whole world has opened up to me, but it’s too late. It’s too late,” Scorsese said. “I’m old. I read stuff. I see things. I want to tell stories, and there’s no more time. Kurosawa, when he got his Oscar, when George [Lucas] and Steven [Spielberg] gave it to him, he said, ‘I’m only now beginning to see the possibility of what cinema could be, and it’s too late.’ He was 83. At the time, I said, ‘What does he mean?’ Now I know what he means.'”
Maybe Scorsese could try making a movie with a way way more limited budget and in limited time, up his efficiency so to speak.
There is definitely something to be said about how age is the greatest enemy of humanity. We are robbed, robbed of our greatest, always too soon. I suppose this is greed as well, but I wouldn't call it a sin.
Absolutely. Aging is a reality, but I won’t stand for anyone romanticizing it. It is almost entirely a destructive force.
The best we can say is that the limits it brings provides meaning to life. But even that does not ring true to what I’ve seen. Watch children who are still too young to know about death. Do they feel that life is meaningless? No, they jump up out of bed more full of life and drive and (what seems to me) meaning than any adult aware of life’s limits.
> The best we can say is that the limits it brings provides meaning to life.
There is no way that Stalin could still be the ruler of the Soviet Union today because he would be 144yo and people don't live that long. I think mortality prevents individuals and groups from dominating politics, art, and science forever.
The reality of aging and death is terrible, no doubt. I think about it every day. But I see it as a necessary force to prevent stagnation and to ensure that our culture, values, and institutions are continually "redeployed" onto new people.
Maybe I'm wrong. Well mortality means new people will have the opportunity to reevaluate these questions.
A little bit, but I am not sure whether it is really comparable. It's a relatively new trend here in germany (started 2002). Translating a recent article: "According to this, in 2007 only 16.2 percent of children attended an all-day school. In 2017, the figure was more than twice as high, at 42 per cent."
As I understood it (not a parent and it was not available when I was at school): You have all-day classes and "normal" classes at school. The kids in all-day classes stay together during the day and the kids in the other class go home, it is not an optional add-on. My niece is attending all-day school with a musical focus and likes it very much. All day classes differ between schools and classes, with school on 3-5 afternoons until 4 pm. Supervision is given for homework and studying for exams.
