the much faster-paced contemporary world, most of us cannot afford. (Montesquieu didn’t have Instagram to distract him from contemplating Raphael canvases.) Following the suggestions of the Netflix home page, for example, offers a shortcut.

People are so busy just trying to get back to zero, or trying to build up a buffer against disaster, or trying to enjoy themselves, because there’s so little else to count on—three endeavors that could contain the vast majority of human effort until our depleted planet finally ends it all. And, while we do this—because we do this—the honest avenues

At the heart of her essay lies a simple framework that captures the dual reality many of us inhabit: There and Here.

“ There is where I earn a living, and it’s where I have a mortgage, and order groceries for pickup. It’s where growth is uniformly seen as good, and we’re told that social problems have to be ameliorated while still upholding