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Thoroughly enjoying this so far. Weir writes about science with a clear love for the subject that reminds me how much I love it, too.

“If we are losing our national identity, it is not because we are becoming blacker or browner or speak in more languages than we once did. It is because we are losing our sense of the common good.”

Hooked so far. Good narrative voice. A Yankees fan, but I can look past that for good storytelling ;)

“It’s even been discovered that there is an enzyme in the saliva of grazing buffalo that actually stimulates grass growth.” -Braiding Sweetgrass, page 164

That is so cool. I’m going to be thinking about that for weeks. How lucky am I to live in a world that’s so deeply interconnected.

“English words for the phenomenon of psychosocial dependence rely on the prefix “self-“ to such a degree that one could interpret this as a linguistic protest against what’s being described.” This made me LOL

“[T]he root of the problem is that we have to investigate our lives while living them.”