观点生活

The creeping feeling that life is getting too long
“人生苦长”?

Why our lengthening lifespans are not entirely welcome
库柏:人们的寿命在延长,而那些传统上赋予人生意义的事物却都在走下坡路。如今,人生意义的另一个来源——令人投入的工作——也受到威胁。

I went to watch the comedian Louis CK months ago, but one of his riffs remains in my head. “Life is too long,” he complained. I like life, but as a fellow tired man in his late fifties, I identified. More than that, Louis has probably put his finger on a truth about our times: our lengthening lifespans may not be entirely welcome.

我在几个月前去看了喜剧演员路易•CK (Louis CK)的表演,但他的一句即兴感叹至今仍在我脑海里回响。“人生太长了,”他抱怨道。我热爱生活,但作为一个同样年近六旬、疲惫不堪的男人,我感同身受。不止如此,路易很可能一语道破了我们这个时代的一个真相:我们不断延长的寿命未必完全是件好事。

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