Lotto as plot-twist
Posted by Paul | Filed under uncategorised
[quotes in italics from "Polaroids from the Dead", by Douglas Coupland]
…the process whereby ones loses one’s life story: “denarration”
Up until recently, no matter where or when one was born on earth, one’s culture provided one with all the components essential for forging of identity.
…with the deluge of electronic and information media into our lives, these stencils within which we trace our lives began to vanish… It became possible to be alive yet have no religion, no family connections, no ideology, no sense of class location, no politics and no sense of history. Denarrated.
Maybe we can place the enthusiasm for the National Lottery in this context. Maybe deep down there is a hope that winning the lottery is something that could bring a plot-twist to a denarrated life.
Maybe this is why people who are perfectly able to appreciate the poor odds still play. In fact, the higher the odds against the more dramatic potential there is.
Maybe this is why big winners often say they will continue to play. After all, a second win makes the story all the more interesting.
Maybe this is why the happiness rarely lasts. After a while you find that the Lotto winner story doesn’t really go anywhere after all.
Neither fame nor money add storyline to one’s life. That is the irony of human pursuit…
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