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Against Forgiveness
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How disasters can rebuild your faith in humanity
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A compulsive reader's guide to reading more
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A user's guide to overcoming nihilism
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Where is mutual aid happening today?
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What does mutual aid look like in the real world?
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Why Americans don't get to have healthcare
How the American understanding of what human rights are wrecks our ability to stay healthy.
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The anti-despair reading list (2024 edition)
Oh, great, I guess this is something we still need.
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Links to make you feel less hopeless
The election really sucked. Here's some perspective that can help you stay out of the dark place.
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"The worst form of government, except all the others."
Why liberal democracy has failed to take over the world and bestow human rights upon all.
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Scary songs to play in the dark
How a drunkenly recorded Halloween song invented shock rock, American parenting dread, and the best spooky songs.
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The gut-wrenching terror of having kids in America
Pan's Labyrinth, Ghostbusters, and the art of parenting while depressed on a dying planet.
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What does it mean to be human?
Why the "human" part of "human rights" is such a problem, Ted Chiang on the pointlessness of AI writing, and Rachel Carson on how our veins contain…
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