You might be missing a third place. I couldn’t find one so I started a Meetup group and managed to get something going. We’ve had a couple dozen regulars in the past years. Can share more if you’re interested.

Sounds unpleasant.

• Sapiens is a fun read
• Seconding A Short History of Nearly Everything

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I blame the success of neoliberalism (perhaps confusingly, a distinctly conservative project driven by the likes of Reagan and Thatcher). Ever-widening wealth gaps and focus on individual responsibility for solving problems seems to have created an environment where people will jump on just about any bandwagon that tells them they’re inherently better than others. Unfortunately, evil will keep winning as long as there’s enough support (or indifference) for evil to keep winning.

https://lemmy.world/post/24613381

Considering that original works are discarded, it’s strange how effective they’re at plagiarizing them