I Love Science Fiction

The name of this group is not really accurate for me. Rather than loving science-fiction as a whole, I really like certain authors, and Polish writer Stanislaw Lem is my personal favourite.

In one of his most famous (and easy to read) books, The Star Diaries, he depicts life in a planet where all its inhabitants look exactly the same, have no name, and swift their occupations and family roles every day. When the main character in the book, astronaut Ijon Tychy, asks one of them about death, the answer he gets is that there is no identity and no individuals, death does not really exist there.

What do you think of this answer? And of such a society?

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novembermoon · 51-55

When there is no individuality, there exists no meaningful connections and thus no stories. In such a place, probably death does not matter any more because when one goes, another replaces him. If everyone is dispensable, no one cries when one is gone.

Cierzo · M

@novembermoon It is like that. It is hard to even think of 'another'.

What do you think of switching jobs? My first thought was that you may be really screwed when you need to go through surgery.