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This is thinking: the power to be finely aware and richly responsible. We just need to learn how to be more aware, how to act more responsibly.
You’re not anxious because capitalism is a chaos engine. You’re anxious because you need to cut carbs and meditate harder. You’re not lonely because society atomizes you by design. You’re lonely because you haven’t found your tribe. This is not ideology; it’s self-help with delusions of grandeur.
The Roganification of the Male Mystique
Joan Westenberg
We can’t eliminate every environmental threat overnight, but we can weed out some of the worst offenders by imposing steep tariffs on poor-quality imports. We know we have to phase out using fossil fuels, but where do we start? Let’s start by banning petroleum imports from areas like the Amazon, the tar sands in Alberta and the swamps of southeastern Nigeria, one of the most [polluted](https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-niger-delta-oil-pollution/?sref=B3uFyqJT) places in the world.
Opinion | Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard On the High Stakes of Low Quality - The New York Times
Yvon Chouinard
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