“Sometimes I worry that we’re really just a little bit lazier […] But in my heart of hearts, I think it’s really because we’re smarter. Maybe evolution has endowed us with the ability to turn back our rheostat faster, to not always charge ahead after one all-consuming thing. To prefer a life not with one pot boiling but with a lot of pots simmering; to prefer the patchwork quilt, not the down comforter. Oh, God, would you listen to these domestic analogies? Are they really coming out of my mouth?’”
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The Opt-Out Revolution, Lisa Belkin {NYTimes}
An older piece, but a good one.
