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"Why Are You So Negative?" Good Question. Here's the Answer: Real Life

"Why Are You So Negative?" Good Question. Here's the Answer: Real Life

I think it's more productive to go with Plan B: set aside our emotions and reluctance and start doing the hard work of dealing with polycrisis.

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A new reader kindly let me know that my writing was negative and depressing. I thanked the reader for the feedback and realized the question "why are you negative?" was a fair one that deserved an answer.

In a nutshell, the answer is the startling decay of everyday life. Why my writing strikes so many as negative is I am reporting from my direct experien…

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