Alan Levinovitz
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Appearances Over Time
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And so I thought to myself, even though I'm writing this book about natural bias, I think to myself, oh, God, it must suck.
Like, I can't see the stars anymore.
And I ask him, what's it like to have this light now?
in your village?"
And he looks at me like, I'm nuts.
And he was like, it's great.
It's really good.
I was like, why?
Like, what is it?
It was so absurd and retro.
I was like, why?
What's good about it?
He looks at me, he's like, we can see at night now.
Like I was a child.
I was like, oh, yes, yes, yes.
Of course, that would be very advantageous.
So again, a lot of these, a lot of what we're feeling now, to your point, which I think is really important earlier, a lot of what we feel about naturalness is the product of a specific cultural moment and a kind of alienation from the stuff around us.
But obviously for this guy, like, dude just wants to see at night so he doesn't stub his toe.
It's great.
There's lights.