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The insufferable dullness of being realistic
When we think we are being realistic, we think we are helping. We have no idea that we are actually offering the situation very little.
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The Rules We Live By
We have lived under an experiment that our own rules matter more than the rules we all keep. An experiment that is fundamentally false.
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The Economy of Small Nothings
There are a thousand things in our lives we treat as if they are nothing. But the weight of carrying them all weighs on us regardless.
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What if we’re being too social?
We think our common anxiety, division, and the epidemic of loneliness happens because we aren’t social. It’s the opposite.
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Grammar rules and grammar suggestions
We want the rules of grammar to be fixed. They are not. Like everything in life, our desire for certainty is compromised by life itself.
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A ridiculously bold prediction
We like to think important things are priceless. And incredibly expensive. And that maybe we can’t have them at all.
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“There’s nothing we can do”
We often feel trapped; not knowing what to do. Like we have no options. When we’re really shutting the door to them.
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Don’t ask me if I want my receipt
This simple interaction—one many of us experience multiple times a day—is becoming far more complicated than necessary.