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Episode 17: The absurd brevity of life with Oliver Burkeman

Reconsidering

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Is That Really the Way Forward for Us?

In some senses, maybe we would all be happier living in the sort of thickly bound communities that we used to live in. But on the other hand, hyper libertarian individualism is absolutely the same recipe for a sort of loneliness and atomizaton. As far as i can see, i suppose it's communitarian in a sense, which is always one of those political positions that slightlya odds with conservatives, progressivesnd and everyone else. And how that must have altered your perception of the universe? You know, when you look at the stars, and i think about what it must have been like even in roman times,. but when it gets dark at night,  it's

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