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As long as people think that government (as an ideal and an imperfect reality) is the enemy, we are doomed. Global warming and other problems are too complex to be solved without a collective action, rooted in a desire to make our lives better in ways that are not contingent on market efficiency or personal enrichment. Can a society be said to suffer from dementia? Watching my father succumb, I'm more convinced than ever that he is far from alone.
Notes From Pennsylvania
Matthew Gallaway
Art evolves through discussion (literal and figurative) among many artists, but the creation of each individual piece of art is created by a single individual operating from a place of focus.
Notes on the Crux
Irrational Exuberance
In most places, the olive harvest is mechanized, but that’s only possible because olive groves have been replanted to fit the shape of the harvesting machines. A grove planted for machine harvesting [looks nothing like](https://fat.gold/guide/#growing-olives) a grove planted for human harvesting.
A Year of New Avenues
Robin Sloan
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