Thoreau

Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder. —Thoreau

An Agnostic Appreciation of The Book of Genesis

In particular, I found Section 3 of Mark O’Connell’s essay to be brilliant. The message seems to be this: we could have been more than merely human, but we blew it, and it’s sex that’s to blame for our blowing it; it’s sex that’s to blame for our...