Before I Go: Neurosurgeon's Reflections
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--Sriram Shamasunder
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Feb 24, 2015

 
Friend of mine's husband, Paul Kalanithi, is a neurosurgeon with a terminal illness.  Here's some beautiful writing and his take on time: Before I go

Everyone succumbs to finitude. I suspect I am not the only one who reaches this pluperfect state. Most ambitions are either achieved or abandoned; either way, they belong to the past. The future, instead of the ladder toward the goals of life, flattens out into a perpetual present. Money, status, all the vanities the preacher of Ecclesiastes described, hold so little interest: a chasing after wind, indeed. 
 

Posted by Sriram Shamasunder on Feb 24, 2015


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