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Ask someone to describe their dream vacation, and they’ll paint you a picture in 4K—the salt spray, the sound of laughter, the exact shade of the sunset. Ask them to describe the day their life falls apart, and suddenly the details go blurry. “I don’t want to think about it.”

And when it arrives, you don’t want to be standing there saying, “I never thought this could happen to me.” The Unthinkable

We have a strange relationship with the edge of our own imagination. Ask someone to describe their dream vacation, and

The Unthinkable: Why We Refuse to Look, and Why We Must the sound of laughter

April 17, 2026