Anomie

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anomie

Title text: Philosophy is incredibly useful. Philosophy credentialing, on the other hand...

Votey

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I'm sorry, sir. Your organs all have anomie.

What?

A distressed sense of normlessness provoked by the

Breakdown of old

Institutions.

Your organs feel they could once rely on you to deliver regular exercise, eight hours of sleep a night, and foods that look like they came from plants.

But, as it has become ever more clear that the oversight of the body is corrupt and shortsighted, they have given over from striving to going through the motions to ironic withdrawal.

They want to work, mister howard. To contribute. To count. But they find them-selves asking why why should i-

I'll take up jogging if

You remain silent

During my next physical

And people say philosophy is useless!

Okay. I get it.

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