THE LITERACY OF LONG-FORM THINKING
A man from ancient Rome said it was better to know nothing about a subject than to half-know it. I’m worried that this Republic of ours is set on proving his wisdom all over again. Only, we aren’t even bothering to know 50% of what’s going on. Seems to me we’re mostly satisfied with understanding about 10% of something before we grow bored and turn to the next
