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What the San Bernardino Shooters Share in Common With the Zuckerbergs
When someone my age decides that massacring co-workers is the logical next step in their life, I wonder at how drastically different their life must be from mine. Sayed Farook and Tashfeen Malik were married and had stable jobs. They left behind a 6 month old baby girl when they gunned down 14 people at a Christmas party. My wife and I are about to have a baby. What would have to happen in our lives to leave our brand new baby behind, destroying our family and 14 others?
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Creating a Horcrux
Become a parent. Become immortal. You can live forever by splintering your soul and placing the shards into objects or other people so that a portion of you will always live on. If you’ve amassed enough power for yourself, you may even be able to come back from the dead. There’s horror though. Tearing your soul apart requires murder. You must take someone else’s life if you want immortality. But it’s not a guaranteed plan and you loose your humanity in the process. There’s another way. It’s more like an investment, like planting a tree. But it still requires a death. I discovered this when my daughter was born. If…
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Passion That Death Can’t Match
God is passionate for you. Or more accurately, he is jealous for you. Ever been jealous of a friendship, wishing you were a part of the inner circle? Ever been jealous for someone’s attention — a crush, falling in love while it feels like they barely notice? It’s a desperate need that bullies your thoughts.
