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'What If Avoidant Life Is a Happier Life?'

Soft animals can't let robots tell them how to live.

Heather Havrilesky
May 15, 2024
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Illusioniste (1977) by Dorothea Tanning

Dear Polly,

I love your letters and they help me a lot through different difficult life situations. The ones on break ups and dating avoidants particularly resonate with me as I lived through the same painful situation. And I fully agree that a robot life is not a good life, and a life without emotions, feelings, an…

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