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McCarthy's necronautical games seem the more jejune

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If we take the argument a step further, we face the possibility that the humanities are actually countereconomic; the notion of alterity and sympathy, taken seriously, would undo the profit motive and put a fair amount of grit into the workings of economic activity

With me he’s sutured the gap in his civilian life.

a sort of querulous complicity composed of friendship, gratitude, and interest