The metaphor of the palimpsest—a parchment or canvas that has been written upon, scraped clean, and overwritten, yet still retains distinct traces of its original script—is perhaps the most accurate framework for understanding the moral landscape of the twenty-first century. Human values are rarely discarded wholesale; instead, they are layered. Today, the accelerating forces of…
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