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Time, in her rendering, was not organized around her position in the world — what might be understood as a temporality oriented around the experience of a central individual. Time, instead, was happening to her.
Deep Time Sickness | NOEMA
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Suppose you tell a friend that you are “pretty sure” that Thomas Jefferson was the third or fourth president. How can you become more confident of your historical knowledge? By being less specific. You are “absolutely positive” that Thomas Jefferson was one of the first five presidents.
Naked Statistics
Charles Wheelan
The takeaway would seem to be that people who live close to one another are more tolerant and empathetic; they are more likely to know someone of a different color, a different income group, or a different sexual orientation. They rely on and appreciate the provision of public goods and public services (transit, parks, garbage collection)—even as they consume fewer public dollars than their red-state counterparts. And they have a deeper appreciation of the regulatory standards (guns, labor conditions, food, public health) that promise us a modicum of safety and security.
Declining Cities, Declining Unions: Urban Sprawl and U.S. Inequality - Dissent Magazine
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