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Sarah Langford on the importance of meaningful work, and how not to change someone's mind

The Sacred

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How Do We Live in a City?

Elizabeth Oldfield reads from a book about farming. She asks whether our solipsistic cities have promised that we need not really be responsible for anything but our own wants and desires. We are told that the only person we need to be true to is our own authentic self, she writes. Elizabeth says when we look within ourselves for answers to life's biggest questions we are shy to say we find emptiness instead of insight.

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