[Written when I should have been doing my taxes] In Sapiens, Yuval Harari argues that the ability to conceive of imagined realities has permitted humans to thrive as a species. Supposedly, we are the only creatures that can communicate in the abstract. We have devised belief systems, supranational organizations, proverbial lines that define one nation … Continue reading Learning to Believe in Ghosts
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How to Live Happily in a Dystopian Novel
[Written on my phone when I should have been sleeping] The world is crumbling, and I have never cared more or less than at this moment. Languishing? Yes, thank you, how are you? Don’t worry about me—I, like many of you, am feeling the walls caving in. (The air seems a bit thin.) We just … Continue reading How to Live Happily in a Dystopian Novel