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Flourishing Despite Modernity

The Cocooned Mind

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Eric Scheske
Aug 04, 2025
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We’re all wrapped up in rationalist cocoons, spun not by our own hands but by the sticky threads of a world gone mad with reason.

Our spit’s in the walls, sure, but we didn’t design the daggone things. We were born into them, raised in them, schooled in their claustrophobic embrace until we forgot what fresh air smells like.

These cocoons feel like home…

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