Impersonal Forces and Individual Stories

This chapter discusses the author's initial reluctance to write about teenage suicide in Palo Alto and how their book ended up being more about the history of the city. It explores the relationship between impersonal forces and individual stories, as well as the role of agency in a determined system.

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