Sitting Still at the Cabaret
In the finale of the movie “Cabaret” Liza Minelli singing the title song asks the question “What good is sitting alone in your room? The song goes on to suggest that one should “come hear the music play” because life is too short and sitting alone in your room isn’t going to get you anywhere fast. An interesting philosophy that seems to sum up the way of the world but a philosophy diametrically opposed by ole Blaise Pascal, a rare iconoclast who in the 17th century observed that “all the evils of life have fallen upon us because men will not sit alone quietly in a room.”