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No Cure for Being Human

9 min read 12 min listen Narrated by Sam
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What’s it about?

A professor of the prosperity gospel confronts her own terminal cancer diagnosis, dismantling the myth that we can optimize or fix our way out of the human condition.

You’ll learn

  • The tyranny of relentless self-improvement
  • Why positivity can be a form of cruelty
  • How to live in the middle of the story
  • Embracing life's both/and reality