The Age of Our Malcontents

JM Valat De Córdova
Aug 20, 2025
3 min read

(NORWALK, CT) – We all believe in something. You don’t think so? I think so. I think, fundamentally, unless we have fundamentally disordered thinking, we all believe in something. There is some truth in front of you. We can both like one crepe, without liking all crepes. We can, as a collective agree on something that we may individually not even agree on, you may take a bite, and look at what the other person thinks before saying whether or not you like it. In fact, we tend to do this more when we’re kids, because we’re learning how to socialize with one another.

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