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A human community, then, if it is to last long, must exert a sort of centripetal force, holding local soil and local memory in place. Practically speaking, human society has no work more important than this.
The World-Ending Fire
Wendell Berry
He was thirty-four and had a beautiful two-bedroom apartment where he lived alone with a granite-topped kitchen island.
I am, however, inclined to agree with Gunkel and Coghlan (2025) that the best method for assessing whether metaphorical language is appropriate or not is the extent to which it helps us better understand the potential epistemic and social threats that such systems pose.
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