As a people, we have become obsessed with Health. There is something f…

Lewis Thomas
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As a people, we have become obsessed with Health. There is something fundamentally, radically unhealthy about all this. We do not seem to be seeking more exuberance in living as much as staving off failure, putting off dying. We have lost all confidence in the human body. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1990). A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays
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