We're constantly dealing with old problems under the circumstance of new variables, so just things like greed and fear and anger and inequality are issues that humanity has constantly dealt with. The parameters and the variables change but these are old things. And discussing those things is slightly more timeless rather than focusing on one tiny thing.
Dan ManganIf you make everything really on the nose so everyone knows exactly what you're talking about, it's often not as strong.
Dan ManganI think it's important to accept all the ways that we're absurdly lucky. I'm a white male from a safe city in a wealthy country.
Dan ManganWhen you put a halo on concepts - gender roles, religion, nationality or pride - or you put a halo on any topic - anything that you hold dear like the relationship between a father and son or a mother and daughter, what it means to be married or what it means to be single or what it means to be a free spirit or what it means to be an artist - if you just put a halo on something and say it's untouchable - "that is special and that is perfect" - you immediately close your eyes to the truth of it, because the truth is that nothing is perfect.
Dan ManganYou can't just look at the side of something that you want to see. You have to look at the whole round object and understand that there are parts of it that you don't like.
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