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How to Find Real Life in Stories with George Saunders

The One You Feed

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I Love That We Don't Like Not Knowing

I love that we don't like not knowing but we're the better for it. That whole story is this basic dilemma of to me do you do something in service of the greater good society which may have zero chance of success? It might do something or do you protect who's close to you who you have a better chance of protecting? I also loved it because my son and I have these kind of conversations. He's about 23. He's out there like let's change it all and I'm much more like the grandfather. So yeah I think that can sometimes be the work of the story.

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