Do Not Go Gentle into That Good NightDylan Thomas
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
by Dylan Thomas · first published 2024
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Let me recommend a poem to you. Do not go gentle into that good night, by Dylan Thomas. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is…
on “Confirmed: Mountain Lion sends some 64-bit Macs gently into that good night” ↗There are a handful of poems that helped me on the road to adulthood. This was one of them. Others are - Invictus, Henley - Do not go gentle into that good night, Thomas - Desiderata, Ehrmann - The Man in the Arena (Citizenship in a Republic ), Roosevelt (prose, not poem)
on “If – A Poem by Rudyard Kipling” ↗…art we have to wait for the winnowing to occur. Same with poetry, people do read and write poetry still, I've always loved Dylan Thomas. I feel his poetry is, perhaps, very approachable for techies: "Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light." ...
on “Robots are writing poetry, and many people can’t tell the difference” ↗yeah, that's what's so crazy to me. Others would take a trip around the world or something. He was very devoted. Makes me think of that Dylan Thomas poem: "do not go gentle into that good night, rage, rage against the dying of the light. "
on “Steve Jobs has passed away.” ↗…African education standards, it would probably have been considered excellent). Until I turned 30 I never understood the point of learning poetry in school. My mother got ill, and I recalled the poem "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas, and it helped me make sense of my feelings. When politicians equivocate, I am reminded of a core theme in Macbeth. I have never discussed Macbeth at dinner, but it helped me understand…
on “Bill Gates Has an Idea for a History Class” ↗I can't speak for you of course and I have had a similar instinct, but I think there's another perspective that I personally don't yet grasp. Think of the famous Dylan Thomas poem, Do not go gentle into that good night Do not go gentle into that good night Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because…
on “Is Aging Inevitable?” ↗