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Eric Scheske's Outside Modern Limits

Flourishing Despite Modernity

The Act of Reading is an Act of Rebellion

It might one of the most enjoyable ways to kick against the left hemisphere's hegemony

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Eric Scheske
Jun 12, 2025
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Few things are more degrading than being a child of the modern age.

“Prison wife” comes closest.

It ain’t our fault we were born into this asphalt dystopia of algorithms and plastic. But we can claw our way out. We can break the chains. The trick is knowing what you’re escaping from, lest you just flail like some half-cocked jihadi spraying buckshot in a …

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