> Modernity denies simple unknowingness, but it also bristles with discomfort at the possibility that we’ll never fully know. That we might not be at all capable of knowing. That we might not need to know. That we might be better off not knowing. That maybe, it's not our place to know. That, to me, is worse. That is to deny the autonomy of the universe, the right of the world and its inhabitants to exist unmolested by non-consensual intrusions for the sake of our human knowingness. That is to deny mystery. Erik Tasso-Johnson, EcoGather Newsletter of 2024.11.28