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When Safety Becomes Dangerous

On feeling threatened during history’s safest epoch

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Alex Olshonsky
Mar 01, 2024
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The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau, 1897

Lately, I’ve been contemplating safety. The most basic kind—the needs at the base of Maslow’s hierarchy. Perhaps because I’ve just moved to a new house with more windows, or perhaps because I’ve just signed back onto Twitter, my investigation of safety has spanned from my day-to-day life to our culture writ larg…

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