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Albert Camus on How to Live Whole in a Broken World
Albert Camus on How to Live Whole in a Broken World

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The Donkey and the Meaning of Eternity: Nobel-Winning Spanish Poet Juan Ramón Jiménez’s Love Letter to Life
The Donkey and the Meaning of Eternity: Nobel-Winning Spanish Poet Juan Ramón Jiménez’s Love Letter to Life

“Come with me. I’ll teach you the flowers and the stars.”

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The Life of Trees: A Poem
The Life of Trees: A Poem

“I want to sleep and dream the life of trees, beings from the muted world…”

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Kinship: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Love Poem to Trees, Transience, and Eternity
Kinship: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Love Poem to Trees, Transience, and Eternity

A lyrical reminder that “the word for world is forest” and the feeling of forest is love.

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Trees, Whales, and Our Digital Future: George Dyson on Nature, Human Nature, and the Relationship Between Our Minds and Our Machines
Trees, Whales, and Our Digital Future: George Dyson on Nature, Human Nature, and the Relationship Between Our Minds and Our Machines

“Nature’s answer to those who seek to control nature through programmable machines is to allow us to build systems whose nature is beyond programmable control.”

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