Social Affairs
Few Regret Their Lives, But Few Would Live Them Again Either
Philosopher Bert Keizer explores the paradox of life satisfaction versus the desire for repetition. He notes that while few people regret having lived a bad life, almost no one would choose to live it again exactly as is. Citing Wittgenstein, Tallulah Bankhead, and Nietzsche, Keizer argues that living life twice would require different choices due to acquired knowledge, fundamentally changing the experience. He also references Thomas Hardy’s poem 'Channel Firing,' which depicts the dead reacting to World War I preparations with divine irony, reflecting on human folly and the suspension of judgment.
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