“On a summer morning in 1990, the body of a young woman appeared in a small town close to the frontier. For those who saw her, finding her identity became an obsession that would last 30 years.”
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The Price of Eggs
“The chickens had arrived the previous spring, unasked for, like most of life’s obligations.”
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When I’m 125?
“What it means to live an optimized life and why Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint just doesn’t get it.”
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The Deaths—and Lives—of Two Sons
“The truth is that however I choose to express myself will not live up to the weight of these facts: Vincent died, and then James died.”
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If My Dying Daughter Could Face Her Mortality, Why Couldn’t the Rest of Us?
“Perhaps part of Orli’s legacy is insisting on this conversation.”
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What do you do after you accidentally kill a child?
“Every day he tries to forgive himself. He fails most days.”
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What It Means to Speak With the Dead
“A session with a Florida medium in a time of genocide.”
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Fear as a Game
“What can the philosophy of games tell us about our odd impulse to scare ourselves?”
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