Today is the birthday of George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). When I was a student, his longevity (94 years, lucid to the end) seemed remarkable. Nowadays, it is almost commonplace. Sometimes it almost seems we’ve nearly reached the condition Shaw envisioned in Back to Methuselah. People in their 80s and 90s, once rarities, now proliferate. The word […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:08AM on July 26, 2013