#Existential

Kathy Flaherty

ConnConnection

Thinking about yesterday and how excited we were about simple words. I know I was excited because so many of the policies of the last 4 (or 40 or 400)

Jenny Han

jennyhan

Okay so something I'm learning: there will be good days of productivity and Zoom and work, and there will be days where you don't want to get out of bed,

The Talking Compass

talkingcompass

Dr. Irvin D. Yalom, one of the founding pillars of existential therapy, noted that children who are abused/harmed or grow up in conflict-heavy homes find it harder to leave dysfunctional

JRR

TheRealAegidius

@KBeds @JoeBiden @SenKamalaHarris re: Expanding SCOTUSAllow me: With regard to the hypothetical of expanding the Supreme Court, it is a decision that would have tremendous impact, both short-term and for

Paul Rosenzweig

RosenzweigP

So, the best thing about Biden's speech is that there was so much in it that I thought was bad policy and disagreed with; but that it was so "normal"

Andrew Leach

andrew_leach

Am I correct that AB's govt, while concerned about liquidity in the oil and gas sector, has devoted barely any real resources to the issue? They've relaxed regulatory requirements and

Jeffrey Kaye

jeff_kaye

Let me tell you how it’s going to go in a new Biden administration:1) Press will piously intone need for a honeymoon period. Defense & State cabinet positions go to

Eric Weinstein

EricRWeinstein

People don’t understand my position on Trump. Here it is:Trump owns his critics other than me. Why? Because he says so much crazy stuff mixed in with real stuff that

Jessica Green

greenprofgreen

Excellent piece in @ForeignAffairs by @jessejenkins etal #decarbonization. Succinct tech summary of progress toward 1.5C. But I respectfully disagree w/ subhead “Technology can save the planet.” Here’s some politics to

Brent S. Sirota

BrentSirota

In contemporary American political religions, only violence sacralizes. We impart holiness to things by imagining them to be under assault. It is the byproduct of a certain Taylorian vision of

Radley Balko

radleybalko

Prominent conservatives are now arguing that the recent looting and property damage - which historically isn't all that unusual - is some sort of existential threat, and that totalitarianism is

Gad Saad

GadSaad

Dear right-wing taxpayers: Here are the courses that I plan to take and I expect you to pay $80,000 per year on my behalf. If you disagree, you are Hitler.Gardening

fresca cowboy

camaradewill

Having an existential crisis because I feel like I am mean if I don’t vote for the guy who has been very kind to me for years, mostly in private,

Fitsumberhan G. Medhane, MD, MPH

FitsumberhanG

Africa Faces an 'Existential Threat' as Virus Cases Spread - NYTIt’s coming ‘late’ nonetheless with dire consequences if not acted timely. Africa: Test | Test | Test & more test

ellie⁷ 🍊

eleanorbate

ok, i’ve had time to recover from the initial daze and am also disgustingly hungover and need to distract and indulge myself, so here we go agust d 2: a

Philip LaRose

philaros

Another excellent thread. My dad was a lifelong Republican because he was a conservative—he valued order—but not a reactionary. Today’s Republican Party is an existential threat to our citizens, our