Most life effort is just running to stay in the same place. The big problems only rarely go away entirely. Most just get updated and reshaped a bit. Every generation lives and dies, mostly being exhausted just holding the same challenges at bay till next generation takes over.
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In a very Thornton Wilder mood. Sometimes I wonder if Homo sapiens will ever get collective ego depletion and just give up one fine day.pic.twitter.com/N9l2XBrh0M
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It’s a good thing most people are not interested in history except as a Big Story. If you actually dived into the detailed fragmentary views we have of the lives of subhistorical figures you’d be super depressed by how little changes, and how slowly.
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