Political sycophancy is as old as we’ve been around, let’s cut it out

The advantages of being alive for a long time, especially if you practise life to the full, can be many, but so can the disadvantages too.

Some measure of longevity — you do not need to be a Methusela — affords one some time to observe phenomena across different time and space, and to laugh at the inanities of the society in which you evolve.