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The public would want things to be in good shape across the board, with opportunities galore, but many counter efforts local to them because of self-comparison or lower-level battling

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"No thought can be formed that isn’t informed by the past; or, more precisely, we think only thanks to analogies that link our present to our past."

-Douglas R. Hofstadter, Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking

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Modern life solved many problems.

It also created new ones:

movement became optional
community became fragmented
food became detached from nature
work became abstract

Progress isn't free. Every convenience replaces something.

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All from episode 410 of The Armen Show with guest Jessica Carew Kraft, on her book "Why We Need To Be Wild"