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I do not understand what it would be like to explain to my son why he is more likely to die at the hands of the police than other people. I do not understand what it would feel like to be watched like a hawk…

We know as much about the future today as we did in November 2019, at which time every human on the planet had absolutely no idea what was about to happen. Now we are in the middle of a profound opportunity to recalibrate our relationship with uncertainty.

We love to say that we are all in this together. But who exactly is included in this declaration of togetherness? We are living in a period that is anything but a common, universalizing, and unifying moment. Should we change the way we speak of solidarity?

I have long been intrigued by the fact that I (like almost everyone else I know) habitually answer the question, ‘How are you doing?’ with almost robotic predictability: ‘Oh, you know, swamped — so busy these days!’ What do I hope that you, the listener,…

Dynamite questions to ask when you are willing to second-guess yourself. What would it take to convince me that I am wrong? (Falsifiability) How could I empirically prove the exact opposite of what I suspect to be true? (Null hypothesis) How could someone else argue…