Immortality, Suicide, all that fun stuff

I aim to keep the stuff I post here focused on spinal cord injury. Because that is what this place is for. That's how it began; that's the function it plays in my life. And over 3,300 of you are mad enough to have subscribed on that basis, and it seems important to respect that, and not turn it into something else.

I actually write about other stuff too, but a lot of it is political, and I would rather this Substack was not about politics, at least for the most part. My view is that there is too much politics in all of our lives these days, and what we badly need are shared spaces where politics is left firmly at the door, at least as far as possible. (And yes, that is itself a political position - but it is a self-consciously self-erasing one, and purposefully so.)

But in case anybody cares, you can get links to pretty much everything I write and/or speak about in a public forum over on my personal website. In the meantime, and because it does just about touch on aspects of spinal cord injury, I'm posting the video of my recent appearance on The Philosopher’s YouTube channel.

Also, I've had the flu for over a week now. I'm over the worst, and so that is yet another failed attempt by the universe to shove me off this mortal coil. But I'm absolutely exhausted, and extremely behind on the academic work that the post-teaching period was supposed to be set aside to deal with. Hence it could be a while before anything substantive appears on here again. So in the meantime, fill your post-Christmas purgatory with such happy thoughts as Putin living forever, existential boredom, and killing yourself.

See you in 2026, universe allowing.