SFC

Is it reductive to imagine the world would be a better place if people understood that much of what they thought, did, and want doesn’t matter? That it’s okay for us energetic few who feel compelled to output paragraphs of our own ideas into a world that really doesn't care about them to take a break and enjoy what few joys we do have? Of course, some of us just don't get it, and that by claiming being happy with our own situations in the world is enough, we are actively gatekeeping against thos...

I've been thinking a lot about how much we don't know. I've never sat down and tested if the sky is actually blue. Sure, I see it, but I also see inferior mirages on a hot summer's day, and I know the road isn't really wavy. We live each day under the presumptions other people have told us, never actually testing what we perceive because, naturally, we are trustful creatures. Unfortunately, these past few years, I can't really find a reason to trust anything I can't test. Which, during a pandemi...