If the cosmos always appears in delay, then perhaps the human future is not what lies ahead of us, but what the past projects beyond its own limit.
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Tag: psychology
The Age of the Back Seat
We can be involved in almost everything. But we can directly intervene in very little.
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Artists on the Journalist’s Couch
Artist interviews have shifted from storytelling to direct access. The case of Richard Gadd.
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Millennials as Racehorses: When Personal Value Becomes a Matter of Performance
Growing up, for many millennials, meant learning early how to run—and not just metaphorically.
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When Love Is as Frightening as Hate
A single sentence during the halftime show of the Super Bowl LX turned a global spectacle into a moment of reflection.
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The Renee Good Case: The Trouble with Explaining Violence
A reflection on how acts of institutional violence are explained, and on what disappears from view when attention remains fixed on individual motives rather than on structures of power.
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When Power Stops Answering to Institutions
The latest episodes of institutional violence are no longer mere incidents. They signal a drift in which force precedes responsibility and the individual replaces the institution’s function.
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When Evil Adapts
For decades, villains were easily recognizable. Today, that figure seems outdated, but it has not disappeared.
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