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Rebecca Solnit — Falling Together

On Being with Krista Tippett

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I Want Better Metaphors

i think for people, many people in the middle east, just a sense that it's not inevitable that we live in authoritarianism. We are not powerless. Anda what we get given so often are just these kind of clumsy, inadequate tools that they don't help. They don't open things up. I want better stories. I want more openness. i want better questions. All these things give us tools that are a little more commensurate with the amazing possibilities and the terrible realities that we face.

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