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Brokenism, The Borg, and Bravery with Alana Newhouse

"Moment of Zen"

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The Moses Option

"I think we are talking about society. I think this is a deeply religious conversation," he says. "The impulse all over the political spectrum to want to fix things is fundamentally religious" 'We must recreate the kingdom of God on earth to keep somebody from taking a shit in the beauty stand down the street,' writes Alana Wurzelbacher, who has written several pieces for The New York Review of Books. "'Some people dream of politics as the imminent perfection of all mankind' Some people imagine something that at first may seem smaller but is in fact ultimately much much bigger."

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