‘Interesting Times’

Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other clause – that it must be lived forward.

– Soren Kierkegaard

Allegedly the most powerful curse ever uttered is this: “may you live in interesting times; and may you attract the attention of those in power.” Historians identify previous periods in which such “interesting times” can be found, but the present tumult in which we find ourselves also qualifies.

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