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1. In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong

   Amin Maalouf

   “A person’s identity is not an assemblage of separate affiliations, nor a kind of loose patchwork; it is like a pattern drawn on a tightly stretched parchment. Touch just one part of it, just one allegiance, and the whole person will react, the whole drum will sound.”

   Absolutely fantastic read on belonging, conflict, and how we form and defend our identity:

2. Design and Violence

   Paola Antonelli

   “Not only does violence appear to be morphing, but how we experience, perceive, and assess it is also shifting.”

   Pause-giving meditations on design and violence by William Gibson, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Rob Walker, and other sharp minds:

3. A Letter to a Hindu

   graf Leo Tolstoy

   “Love is the only way to rescue humanity from all ills.”

   Why We Hurt Each Other – Tolstoy’s letters to Gandhi on love, violence, and the truth of the human spirit: