The age of the unforgiven

We need more forgiveness and less retribution for both convicts and the cancelled. Also: George Carlin's organizational system, the Feynman Learning Technique, and the Eight Wonders of Life.

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I have the hottest of hot takes. No one on either side, left or right, agrees with me either. Here goes: As a society, we need to back off our incessant urge to punish and start responding more frequently with empathy and tolerance.…