Being human feels harder than it should be. I know it’s always been hard, that people throughout history — even my own parents in Nazi-occupied Poland — have faced things I can’t imagine, that some people’s journeys are harder than anything I’ll ever know. But right now? Right now, being human has a particular weight.

You have to care about everything — climate change, democracy, wars on three continents, the economy, AI’s impact on all of us, your friend’s cancer, your bad relationship with your sister, your children’s lives and life choices — but not so much that you’re exhausting to be around.

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