8 March

Born in 1856 – Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter and academic.

Above: Cooper’s Randolph Street, Chicago (1905)

Also, born in 1931, Neil Postman, who said, “In the end, science does not provide the answers most of us require. Its story of our origins and of our end is, to say the least, unsatisfactory. To the question, ‘How did it all begin?’, science answers, ‘Probably by an accident.’ To the question, ‘How will it all end?’, science answers, ‘Probably by an accident.’ And to many people, the accidental life is not worth living. Moreover, the science-god has no answer to the question, ‘Why are we here?’ and, to the question, ‘What moral instructions do you give us?’, the science-god maintains silence.”