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As Real America breaks down the ossified libertarianism of Free America, Just America assails the complacent meritocracy of Smart America.
George Packer
theatlantic.com
The poet David Whyte said that “the ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self. The ultimate touchstone is witness, the privilege of having been seen by someone, and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another, to have walked with them, and to have believed in them, and sometimes, just to have accompanied them, for however brief a span, on a journey impossible to accomplish alone”.
Attending to the Other - By Jasmine Wang 5535657137
jasminewang.substack.com
But in this time of rampant sickness and social inequality, and given our fundamental duty to extend equal treatment, compassion and care for others, we think Zhuangzi is an important and insightful guide, a Taoist gadfly, if you will, to challenge our conventional notions of flourishing and health. With the 30th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act approaching, this ancient Chinese Taoist reminds us that it is the material conditions of a society that determine and define disability. We have the power to change both those material conditions and the definition of disability.
Opinion | Was This Ancient Taoist the First Philosopher of Disability? - The New York Times
Bryan W. Van Norden
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