Episode 18 (Sympathetic Solo #1): Tim talks about music and impermanence and why they matter
Episode 18 (Sympathetic Solo #1): Tim talks about music and impermanence and why they matterUpdate: 2018-07-18
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Episode 18, the first "solo" podcast. Since co-ordinating schedules can be a challenge, from time to time either Tim or Ivan will do podcasts on their own. This week, Tim is talking about music and impermanence and why they matter.
Music is the art form best suited to depicting impermanence and impermanence is kind of a big deal. A fairly obvious example of just how big a deal it is rears its head when we contemplate our own death. Our existence is impermanent. It is going to end. I take it to be fairly obvious that for most of us this is kind of a bummer. One only has to consider the proliferation of death-denying mythologising throughout history, from immortal souls living forever incorporeally in analogue heaven, to uploaded consciousnesses living forever digitally in digital heaven (is there really any difference?), to see how important this issue is for humans in general.
Thanks for listening!
Music is the art form best suited to depicting impermanence and impermanence is kind of a big deal. A fairly obvious example of just how big a deal it is rears its head when we contemplate our own death. Our existence is impermanent. It is going to end. I take it to be fairly obvious that for most of us this is kind of a bummer. One only has to consider the proliferation of death-denying mythologising throughout history, from immortal souls living forever incorporeally in analogue heaven, to uploaded consciousnesses living forever digitally in digital heaven (is there really any difference?), to see how important this issue is for humans in general.
Thanks for listening!
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