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Writers record collapsing fish populations alongside questions of human wonder
The Long Way Round by Jonas Pettibone: six links on Others every two weeks.
TL;DR
- German identity centers on the concept of the alias nation.
- G.K. Chesterton reflects on recovering a forgotten burst of astonishment at human existence alive in the back of modernity-deadened minds.
- Warming seas and decades-long overfishing spell disaster for Peru's anchoveta, which have comprised roughly a tenth of all global commercial catches since 1970.
- Humans exist as bewildered miracles of chemistry and chance, trembling embers of dead stars capable of sign, song, and origin myths.
- Artificial intelligence poses fundamental questions addressed across ten deep dives.
- Notable weekly longform stories include work from Caitlin Dickerson, Marci Wilding, Tiffany Huang, Nick Paumgarten, and Chabeli Carrazana.
From the curator
Human life remains suspended between environmental vulnerability and astonishment at existence itself. The Guardian's 19 min read article, 'A perfect storm: how the super El Niño is devastating the fishing industry', reports that Peru's anchoveta have made up about a tenth of the entire global commercial fishing catch since 1970, but warming seas and decades-long overfishing spell disaster. Meanwhile, Maria Popova's 5 min read article, 'The Dandelion and the Meaning of Life: G.K. Chesterton on How to Live in Wonder', describes recovering the forgotten burst of astonishment at human existence alive in modernity-deadened minds. In her 4 min read article, 'Ocean of Stars: A Painted Poem About How to Bear the Astonishment of Life', Popova also portrays humans as bewildered miracles of chemistry and chance who won a wild bet against probability.
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