Another way of putting it is like this: a sunset is sublime because a human cannot make one, its existence transcends human ability; meanwhile, a picture of a sunset is merely beautiful because it reflects, through human invention, a thing that no amount of human ingenuity can actually replicate in real life. What’s more, a sunset is sublime becaus... See more

Dear Sublime, 

I have to confess that you have been a little bit my equivalent of a nicotine patch for quitting the infinite scrolling of Instagram—it was getting bad this year. Like phone falling on my face while falling asleep kind of bad. I don't know why I got so into doomscrolling and couldn't stop—my personal hunch is that its algorithm i

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