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We are given a single story line about what makes a good life, even though not a few who follow that story line have bad lives. We speak as though there is a good plot with one happy outcome, while the myriad forms a life can take flower - and wither - all around us.
— Jul 05, 2026 02:49PM
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Beauty is still of paramount importance. The default assumption tends to be that it is politically important to designate everyone as beautiful, that it is a meaningful project to make sure that everyone can become, and feel, increasingly beautiful. We have hardly tried to imagine what it might look like if our culture could do the opposite- de-escalate the situation, make beauty matter less.
— Jun 28, 2026 03:06PM
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The Internet dramatically increases our ability to know about things, while our ability to change things stays the same. It induces a cycle of heartbreak and hardening - a hyper engagement that makes less sense every day.
— Jun 20, 2026 09:17AM
