Take death, for
example. A great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it. We make extraordinary
efforts to delay it, and indeed often consider its intrusion a tragic
event. Yet we would find it hard to live without it. Death gives meaning
to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become
meaningless if there were too much of it. If death were indefinitely put
off, the human psyche would end up, well, like the gambler in The Twilight
Zone episode. - R.K |