The age of absurdity by Michael Foley

This is my second reading of this great critique of modernity. I love the line and breadth of the extensive critique on offer in this book, ranging from love to corporate cultures. Where the narrative drifts is the author's insistence on value of detachment in this very open and crowded modern life of ours. If detachment was so important to human survival than why has its use receded? For I believe that Human beings are only looking to survive in this world in the best possible manner and evolution dictates their individual and commutative behaviours. My other critique on this piece of critique is that the author is an academic, and thus by definition has to rely on second hand bookish pursuit of knowledge which for me is second best to experience I am afraid. Nevertheless the critique is well presented and articulated.