Many, especially Tech Bros™, like to imagine immortality for themselves.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/05/12/never-forever-not-ever/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

As for me, I'm not interested. I wrote about why not.

#philosophy #longevity #health #mentalhealth #forever #finitude #affluence #blog #podcast #myths #universe #physics #metaphysics #vampires #connexion #immortality #metaphors #lakoff #death #writing #perception #life #Tithonus

Tithonus and Eos - Simon Julien (1735-1800)

“Then Dawn rose up from bed with Lord Tithonus,”

Tithonus (ti-thoh´-nus): a son of Laomedon and the brother of Priam. He was abducted by Dawn to be her lover. According to legend, Dawn requested immortality for Tithonus but not eternal youth, so he aged and wasted away until only his voice was heard, chirping like a grasshopper. In some versions of the myth he was transformed into a cicada or grasshopper.

#theOdyssey #Tithonus #greekmythology

At the request of the goddess Eos, Zeus made her human lover Tithonus immortal, but this did not stop him from aging. Some versions of the myth end with Tithonus growing so old that his shriveled body transformed into that of a cicada. #MythologyMonday

📷: Deb Dowd

#Mythology #GreekMythology #Myth #GreekMyth #Zeus #Eos #Tithonus #Imortality #Cicada

Last night's film with live score and spoken word performance included connections to #Tithonus #farming and #katabasis and more. Fun ethereal times were had by all.

The Forest Primeval by #composer Alex Luquet and #filmmaker Daniel Paashaus shown at #TheIceHouse in #BethlehemPA