The Preamble

The Preamble

How Catastrophe Makes Progress Possible

Sometimes the hardest times in history are the most transformative

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Rahaf Harfoush
May 20, 2026
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We are living through a golden age of doom content. Every scroll surfaces another expert telling us the systems are more fragile than we knew, that the crisis is worse than reported, and that we have no idea how bad it’s going to get. The Guardian warns that the “Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’” is getting closer. Videos like “Humans Only…

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