
“It’s the feeling of swelling pride that comes from being in awe of your own species,” writes Tim Urban for The Free Press. (Images via SpaceX/X, Getty Images, Tim Urban)
I can’t shield my daughter from negativity. But I can continually redirect her attention to the rocket—showing her all the ways our species is incredible.
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Last night, I received two texts from Bari Weiss:
Any interest in writing a short piece about that jaw-dropping launch?
And why you brought your daughter to see it?
The first question is an easy one. I’ve been fascinated by space ever since I gained sentience sometime in the mid-1980s. I had the order of the planets down by age four, and a few years later…
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