The practical reality is that any present-tense version of the world is unstable. What we currently consider to be true—both objectively and subjectively—is habitually provisional.
“The practical reality is that any present-tense version of the world is unstable. What we currently consider to be true—both objectively and subjectively—is habitually provisional.”
― But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking about the Present as If It Were the Past
― But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking about the Present as If It Were the Past
“I don’t know how to be honest enough to say that there isn’t a place for kids like us, so we need to make our own, and nothing is more punk rock than that. Nothing is more punk rock than surviving in a hungry sea of white noise.”
― They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
― They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
“According to population expert Dr. Paul Ehrlich, we should currently be experiencing a dystopian dreamscape where “survivors envy the dead,” which seems true only when I look at Twitter.”
― But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking about the Present as If It Were the Past
― But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking about the Present as If It Were the Past
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