2 + 2 = 5

2 + 2 = 5

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2 + 2 = 5
2 + 2 = 5
2 + 2 = 5 (The Reason Why)

2 + 2 = 5 (The Reason Why)

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2 + 2 = 5 (The Reason Why)
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  • 2 + 2 = 5 is about important things in our lives happening at the same moment that don't seem to connect. For example, unhappiness+good, doubt+faith, hate+love, conflict+peace, democracy+authoritarianism, disunity+community, broken+whole; bored+enthusiastic; etc.

I'm well educated in a traditional sense: Oberlin, Yale. While glad for that, I cannot abide…

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