Readings
The good news is that human beings can adapt to some of the worst environmental devastation. The bad news—As J.B. MacKinnon writes in his new book, The Once and Future World—is that once we've adapted, devastation becomes the new normal.
On artists who mine their own lives to bring comfort to others, or at least make them feel like they're not alone in their pain.
Big Star assumed fame was theirs and the world let them down; Death left their music behind and the world handed it back to them, legitimized. Sometimes, the line between failure and triumph is a matter of ambition.
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