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Trafficking minors for sex is an example of our laws not being targeted at the wealthy property owners. Pretty much all law targets those who would take from wealthy property owners. Targeting those providing the minors is action against those involved in “trade.” Epstein was an exception of a wealthy person getting involved in trade. He should have stayed a user. Then the law would have ignored him.

@futurebird I so appreciate that you link to an audiobook #blind

@futurebird Just in case you missed it, I think that you especially might appreciate that there is also a version of the book that’s geared towards younger readers. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744291/an-immense-world-young-readers-edition-by-ed-yong-illustrated-by-rebecca-mills/

[A mild disclaimer: Ed and I know each other slightly, I respect him and his work enormously, and the blurb he wrote for my own book still simultaneously humbles and uplifts me every time I come across it.]

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That book's been sitting around here a while. Time to get to it!

@futurebird is this book really only 38 minutes on sound cloud? Or is there more?

@futurebird he also put out a younger readers version too. Amazing writer.

@futurebird This book sounds amazing! I’ve added it to my list for sure.

@futurebird I bought a deeply discounted Kindle version a few weeks ago

@futurebird I’m genuinely fascinated by this subject so just bought the audiobook on my Libro.fm sub. Thank you so much for highlighting this book, I had no idea about it.

@futurebird One of the best books I read this year! It has given me so much to ponder. I might listen to the audiobook to reread it in a different way.

@futurebird Great book about how small our human horizon of senses is. Some say you need to see earth from space to become humble about the greatness of nature, Ed Young goes the other way, he looks in detail at the great variety of senses we don’t have. Once read you will recommend or probably gift it to someone.

@futurebird Thanks, I just put a hold in that at my library.

@futurebird Ed has come a long way from being a blogger. :)

I must warn you. If you read this book you will become a bit of an annoying person who, whenever someone says something like "pigeons are stupid" or "snakes don't have feelings" you may launch into a whole discourse about how "intelligence is contextual" and other wild things.

But I was already a bit like this it just made it worse.

@futurebird yesss, one of my favorite books!

@futurebird You’ve inspired me to checkout the audiobook. I love how Ed Wong’s science writing is storytelling.

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I've been avoiding Ed Yong because of allergies relating to the The Atlantic magazine.
But this sounds like I should make an exception...

@futurebird Rovelli's The Order of Time is likewise. Fantastic book, incredibly good easy writer, and brilliant narration.