Kathryn Schulz

And in that sense, it's a kind of, it gestures towards this kind of temporal abundance too, right? Like that's the William James feeling like, well, there's always something else that we can reach beyond and connect to. There's always something more kind of coming down the line toward us. Yeah. I think it is a feeling of connection. It's a feeling of continuation. It is a feeling of abundance.

And in that sense, it's a kind of, it gestures towards this kind of temporal abundance too, right? Like that's the William James feeling like, well, there's always something else that we can reach beyond and connect to. There's always something more kind of coming down the line toward us. Yeah. I think it is a feeling of connection. It's a feeling of continuation. It is a feeling of abundance.

And all those to me are fundamentally and ultimately quite hopeful feelings.

And all those to me are fundamentally and ultimately quite hopeful feelings.

I don't know if it's made it easier. It's certainly made me more aware of it. And I guess that is a kind of ease to feel peaceful about both the necessity and sometimes the impossibility of feeling all the things at the same time. It has given me a sense of well, this is life and it's actually okay to have mixed feelings, mixed experiences.

I don't know if it's made it easier. It's certainly made me more aware of it. And I guess that is a kind of ease to feel peaceful about both the necessity and sometimes the impossibility of feeling all the things at the same time. It has given me a sense of well, this is life and it's actually okay to have mixed feelings, mixed experiences.

I adore my partner and I think she's brilliant and she fills my days with wisdom and humor and surprise and stability and... Also, we've been married for seven years and together for 10, and we have two kids, and sometimes we drive each other crazy or we're frustrated or we fight. And actually, I have a lot of peace around that, which I think is helpful.

I adore my partner and I think she's brilliant and she fills my days with wisdom and humor and surprise and stability and... Also, we've been married for seven years and together for 10, and we have two kids, and sometimes we drive each other crazy or we're frustrated or we fight. And actually, I have a lot of peace around that, which I think is helpful.

Like, I just am like, well, that's not love. You know, that's part of the deal here. And we feel a lot of things at once, and we should. And sometimes it still stops me up short, you know, in good ways. And I said earlier, I think it's important to be... open to the surprising feeling because I think it can trouble us morally and that's probably a good thing. I'm a word nerd, of course.

Like, I just am like, well, that's not love. You know, that's part of the deal here. And we feel a lot of things at once, and we should. And sometimes it still stops me up short, you know, in good ways. And I said earlier, I think it's important to be... open to the surprising feeling because I think it can trouble us morally and that's probably a good thing. I'm a word nerd, of course.

I think about how and works and I actually do think it's interesting and I think it's philosophically interesting and profoundly related to the question of how we feel in these moments. But of course I feel it, right? I feel these tensions all the time.

I think about how and works and I actually do think it's interesting and I think it's philosophically interesting and profoundly related to the question of how we feel in these moments. But of course I feel it, right? I feel these tensions all the time.

It's impossible to be alive and fortunate in the world today and not feel like, which of these things am I actually supposed... It's not, which of these things am I supposed to be feeling? We feel them all. I think the real problem is, which of these feelings should I act on?

It's impossible to be alive and fortunate in the world today and not feel like, which of these things am I actually supposed... It's not, which of these things am I supposed to be feeling? We feel them all. I think the real problem is, which of these feelings should I act on?

I was really surprised to learn that, too. I know. I mean, talk about scale, right, and space and time. This was true until quite recently, like all the way up to the end of the 19th century when children learned the alphabet. The procession started with A, B, C, and ended X, Y, Z. And that's literally how they were taught the alphabet.

I was really surprised to learn that, too. I know. I mean, talk about scale, right, and space and time. This was true until quite recently, like all the way up to the end of the 19th century when children learned the alphabet. The procession started with A, B, C, and ended X, Y, Z. And that's literally how they were taught the alphabet.

It's incredible to me that that piece of knowledge instilled in generation upon generation of schoolchildren could degrade in the course of less than a century when I was coming up through school to the point that we had no idea that that had once been part of the alphabet. But indeed, it was.

It's incredible to me that that piece of knowledge instilled in generation upon generation of schoolchildren could degrade in the course of less than a century when I was coming up through school to the point that we had no idea that that had once been part of the alphabet. But indeed, it was.

Which, of course, I found both fascinating just because how funny that people used to learn that and now we don't.

Which, of course, I found both fascinating just because how funny that people used to learn that and now we don't.