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How a Virus Exposed the Myth of Rugged Individualism

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For countless Americans, there was a dull but persistent pain to prepandemic life: high-priced housing, nearly inaccessible health care, underresourced schools, wage stagnation and systemic inequality. It was a familiar ache, a kind of chronic hurt that people learned to live with simply because they had no other choice. Faced with threadbare safety nets and … Read more

Why the myth of ‘wilderness’ harms both nature and humanity

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Humans have affected every aspect of life on Earth – from hunting prehistoric beasts to changing the climate – and the illusion that pristine nature still exists undermines our efforts to make a better world, says environmental writer Emma Marris Earth 1 December 2021 A Hakea tree stands alone in the Australian outback during sunset. … Read more