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Tag Archives: Ezra Klein

The promise of the object is more powerful than the object itself

…if I don’t have that additional jam sandwich I might be in trouble.

Posted byrodkersh1948August 16, 2022August 16, 2022Posted inEffectiveness, MindfulnessTags:Buddha, consumerism, desire, Ezra Klein, Ruth Ozeki, Tao, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Zen4 Comments on The promise of the object is more powerful than the object itself

The heat, boiling frogs and rampaging Cossacks

And yet, it is very hot.

Well, not as hot as in Yorkshire.

And the irony?

Posted byrodkersh1948July 18, 2022Posted inEvolution, family, Humanism, Judaism, natureTags:air conditioning, anxiety, boiling frog, climate crisis, conspiracy theories, Ezra Klein, Global Warming, Yorkshire5 Comments on The heat, boiling frogs and rampaging Cossacks
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