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You're not alone out there

Let's write a song, make up the melody

If you're looking for me baby

You know you can find me

Following the sun

好舒服。。。

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Everyone out there has a way to justify the bad parts of their job to themselves. For me, I just tell myself that I'm protecting them from the oil and gas industry. Imagine if you invented a magical carburetor that got a million miles per gallon off of just water. BP would have you killed in an instant. Would you rather save the world, or be allowed to continue living? Thanks to my timely denial of your loan, you'll never have to grapple with that dilemma.

Of course, there's no way to prove the oil and gas industry has been making a handsome side hustle out of discrediting and discreetly murdering its opponents. That's why it's a conspiracy theory, and not a conspiracy law. Still, my job is to manage risk, and I take great pride in that. Nobody has ever told me explicitly that it's the bank's risk, but honestly it wouldn't be good for my performance review to give you a quarter million bucks and then have to get it back from your grieving widow a week later. Everybody wins in this scenario.

rites of passage

closeups:

1. academia

2. teaching