East Is South

Text of the day: “Ninety-four. Dark matter and dark energy. Give or take. The vast majority of the stuff that comprises the universe — we can’t observe it. We have no idea what it is. Must be all around us, right? But where? Maybe we can’t see it because we can’t conceive it. Like the fish in the sea — they have no concept of land or air. Or the pigeon on the sidewalk who sees only breadcrumbs but can’t fathom the complex civilization required to farm the wheat, mill the grain, bake the bread, package, ship, stock the shelves — so some old lady on a park bench can make manna fall from the heavens. What is bread? The pigeon can’t even ask the question. It has no language. No thought.” (Sasha in Beau Willimon’s East Is South)

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