A few days ago, I visited Pinkasova Synagoga. I didn't know what to expect, having made an impulse decision to pay for admission. Thread.
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When you go inside, the antechamber explains that the walls are covered by the names of Czech and Moravian Jewish victims of the holocaust.pic.twitter.com/lmt6ikmV0p
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As you look closely, you begin to understand the scale.pic.twitter.com/ni8ttGN9QG
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But the scale isn't clear until you experience the totality. This is just one section out of many.pic.twitter.com/zMbGavdliE
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I'm sharing this because I feel it's important to understand scale when we understand history.
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I'm a mathematician. I have intuitions about scale that most people probably don't have. Still, this struck me.
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"Never again" is an easy thing to say. I guess my point here is that it's not as easy to understand and live as it may seem.
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I was trying so hard not to lose it and cave in there.
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I had a teacher who dedicated a class session to everyone drawing dots on paper, with each one saying aloud "a human being."
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a class of 30 could meet for an entire semester, only drawing dots and still not represent everyonehttps://twitter.com/emma_gras/status/828256634338160640 …
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It is unimaginably hard to fathom.
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