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Marvelous metaphysical musings to masticate while making my Thanksgiving meal. Thank you Timothy David Snyder!

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I'm dealing with a blood cancer and your topic is very close to my heart. Feeling and seeing what happens when cells are damaged, not living to full potential, dying off brings a new view of how fragile our lives are when things aren't in order. It's up to me to decide what I do, how I interact, what I make of my life. Be thankful everyday. Thank you Timothy Snyder.

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SA Bowmer, sending you positive vibes and thoughts, I know this is a difficult time, but try to keep as positive as you can, it’s so vital! I can completely empathize, although mine is lung. Some of those neutrons were supposed to keep going, lucky us, they were sidetracked!🤪😂🤣🙏🏽🙏🏽

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We the generation of Carl Sagan! Starstuff!

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beautifully told; gratitude to and for you, Sir.

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Thank you Timothy for these universal thoughts! Nr

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It’s always fascinating to consider how the non-living is part of the living. Your own reflections today illustrate this point . One doesn’t need to be a pantheist of any sort to define ‘nature’ as the space in which the non-living traffics with the living. Evolution of any sort would not be possible without it. In this sense even the non-living invites questions of ethical concern and not simply as a pragmatic matter (that we preserve what we depend on for life).

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