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Reading Roulette
Stories to Remind You You’re Human in a Pandemic
Take a spin with perspectives you may have missed this week
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3 min readMar 13, 2020
At Human Parts, we spend our days scouring the Medium platform for essays and perspectives we think our audience would love. Along the way, we stumble upon countless stories that surprise us — proof of the internet’s enduring ability to deliver what we didn’t know we needed. Each week, we’ll share a few of our favorites in a roundup we call ‘Reading Roulette.’ If you come across anything we missed, let us know in the responses!
- In a week of obsessive hand-washing and empty canned-goods aisles, Reddit’s Head of Brand Strategy, Will Cady, turns to the Tarot for guidance. Cady finds meaning in the Four of Swords, a card that prompts us to get out of our heads and into our bodies where “the way forward arises out of the infinite energy hiding in the stillness.” This pandemic is a sign: It’s time to log off (at least a little).
- Viruses are part of nature, and they’ve been reshaping civilization for millennia. Poet and scientist George Tsakraklides puts today’s pandemic in perspective with this fascinating bit of history: Ancient Greek philosophy arose after a plague destroyed the city of Athens.
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