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Stop Caring What Other People Think

Walk away from violence and misery! (DN 4.10)

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Christopher Cook
May 14, 2025
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Someone recently asked me, "How did we ever get to this place?"

It's a nearly universal cri de cœur, and there are myriad ways to answer. But I find that one answer encompasses many of the others.

How did we ever get to this place?

Through the widespread assumption that it cannot be any other way.

Big changes

We are creatures of habit. We are prone to inerti…

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