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Why did Bim allow nothing to change? Surely Baba ought to begin to grow and develop at last, to unfold and reach out and stretch. But whenever she saw them, at intervals of three or five years, all was exactly as before.
Clear Light of Day
Anita Desai
In this radical vision of the good enough life, our task is not to make the perfect human society, but rather a good enough world in which each of us has sufficient (but never too many) resources to handle our encounters with the inevitable sufferings of a world full of chance and complexity.
Opinion | the Good-Enough Life
nytimes.com
Now it needs to have a motor because you can’t manage your time and you need to squeeze in a ride before sunset? THIS IS NOT MY PROBLEM. The world does not owe you a good time. Maybe take a lesson from the roadies you’re always making fun of and *ride your bike in the morning* like someone with a life.
Say what you will about roadies, but at least they’re not lazy.
Evil Is as Evil Does
Eben Weiss
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