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We are condemned to be free; and with that freedom comes the anguish of choosing, for in choosing we define what man ought to be, and there is no escaping the weight of that definition.
— Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism Is a Humanism (1946)

1mo ago

The mass of every evil is swollen by the cowardice of those who could prevent it and do not.

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longreads.com

What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat

When presented with the opportunity for empathy, even performative empathy, he chose escape.

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3quarksdaily.com

Are criminals born or made?

Her new book is a heartfelt, subtly argued response to his question, an attempt to outline how our expanding knowledge of what makes people do bad things – the interplay of our inherited tendencies and our life circumstances – should influence how we assign moral responsibility and blame.

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