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Flatland: How Hope Maintains Inequality
So, as Abbott implied in 1884 with such timeless social commentary, the greatest hope for a better life may actually be the greatest impediment to achieving it.
The Horror within “The Country of the Blind” by H. G. Wells
“The Country of the Blind” shines a blinding light on the crushing power of societal pressures and conformity, and a community’s capacity to erase individual truth. The horror here isn’t in the unknown, but in the unquestionable certainty of others—a certainty so fervent, even the sighted are blind.