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Who Can I Dance With?

It lingered only at private gatherings, where people would move their bodies in ways that barely resembled dance—rigid, mechanical, almost comical.

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Romantic love is a cultural invention that’s making us miserable

We have been in the romantic age now for 200 years, perhaps shorter, perhaps a little longer time period. And let's put it plainly, it's been a disaster.