Christopher Hitchens: The man who questioned
Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011), the man who was at
war against delusion, the man who questioned religion, and other pathologies (he wrote the book
'God is not great', a book you will wish you had read as early as possible in life) has
died of esophageal cancer.
Since Hitchens did not believe in a heaven so the usual platitudes of
'rest in heaven' or
'rest in peace' won't do.
But, Hitchens would have liked it very much that we continue to question things.
We are human. We can ask questions.
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Don't buy Virtual Gifts: Gift a book to a poor kid instead
Zynga, the company behind popular time and money wasting social games like Cityville and Farmville, has
launched Game Cards in India, using which you can waste your money buying virtual items so that you can advance further in the game. The company made
$80 million from selling virtual goods alone(total revenue $250 million, profit $80-150 million).
Why waste all that money making someone rich for nothing? Give money instead for books for our poor kids.
Gratitude from others is a much better payoff than advancing in FarmVille, FishVille, Cafe World, Mafia Wars and Zynga Poker or any other useless shit of that sort.
Also read:
What does India need most: $100 Computer or Rs. 1 lac car?
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