This Anxiety Will Change Us
It all comes down to the science of fear
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5 min readMay 6, 2020
Maybe at this point, fear isn’t the dominant emotion people would name for the experience of coronavirus. Its horror has been rendered banal by prolonged exposure. After weeks of cycling through the Groundhog Day effect of quarantine time, “irritated” might seem a more apt descriptor for the present vibe than “scared.” That is, until we dig a…
