
In 1989 the author Michael Chabon was sitting at his dying grandfather’s bedside, and with his mind loosened by his impending death (and the medication) he proceeded to recount to his grandson many incredible stories that he had never heard. While countless such worlds have and will be lost in time, we still persevere in preserving them any way we can, if only for their exclusivity. While it might seem that people can be divided into large groups based on their many common experiences, the deeper you look into anyone’s life, the more it becomes apparent that the things they’ve lived through, their order and timing are all so unique that finding two people who have literally nothing to teach each other would be an extraordinary coincidence. The idea that taking a life is to extinguish an entire world isn’t a new one and definitely has some basis in logic and reality.
