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Mads's avatar

You've beautifully captured the horrifying essence of not just how we often arrive at the wrong conclusions through a series of seemingly logical decisions, but more importantly how our simplistic reasoning causes widespread suffering that could so easily have been avoided. I would argue that this very aspect of human reasoning is at the core of what most ails us in this modern world.

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Reena Kapoor's avatar

Thanks so much Mads. I agree with you - the specifics have changed but some of our tendencies haven’t. Appreciate your careful reading.

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Mads's avatar

Indeed it seems like some of our least appealing tendencies have gotten worse, but I remain hopeful that we can plot a better course together. We owe it to ourselves — and indeed to future generations — to at least give it a try

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Dang. Perfectly stated in literary form. Societal craziness in 100 words. Well done.

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Reena Kapoor's avatar

Thank you dear Carissa!

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Jupiter Leone's avatar

You nailed resistance & denial in 100 words. Agree with Feasts - this is important work and knowledge.

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Reena Kapoor's avatar

Thank you Penelope! Welcome here. Appreciate it.

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Feasts and Fables's avatar

It sends a shiver down the spine. Thank you for writing so clearly about it. Such important knowledge.

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Reena Kapoor's avatar

Thank you SO much!

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Carolyn Gannon's avatar

A profound and succinct parable of short-sighted, economic-based family planning. Not to mention the moral aspect. Well done, as always, Reena.

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Reena Kapoor's avatar

Thank you dear Carolyn for reading and for your lovely comment. Such blind adherence is usually all about tribal fealty. We'd rather be wrong and follow untruths than go against what the tribe prescrbes. No amount of modernization will cure us fully of that need...

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Joyce Wycoff's avatar

Jarring. Facts are merely boulders to be avoided on the path of our beliefs.

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Reena Kapoor's avatar

Yes so we are. Our modernism has brought us far but this commitment to tribal beliefs in face of the truth still stands.

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

We have a daughter and I am so grateful!

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Reena Kapoor's avatar

Absolutely! Thanks for reading Paul

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