George Saunders Quotes

The Mind, It Occurs To Me, Is An Engine. There Is An Ambient Mode In Which The Mind Sits Idling, Before There Is Information. Some Minds Idle In A Kind Of Dreading Crouch, Waiting To Be Offended. Others Stand Up Straight, Eyes Slightly Wide, Expecting To Be Pleasantly Surprised. Some Minds, Imaging The Great What Is Out There, Imagine It Intends Doom For Them; Others Imagine There Is Something Out There That May Be Suffering And In Need Of Their Help.
Which Is Right?
Neither.
Both.
Maybe All Of Our Politics Is Simply Neurology Writ Large. Maybe There Are A Finite Number Of Idling Modes. Maybe There Are Just Two Broad Modes, And Out Of This Fact Comes Our Current Division.

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