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What the fires revealed to me

My impressions about how deeply broken we are as a society and how disasters like the L.A. fires expose them.

Join me in a walk-and-talk where I share some initial impressions of our society in the wake of the Palisades wildfire of January, 2025.

As an Angeleno, I noticed how the event brought out our genuine humanity, our shared grief. But it also revealed what the recent Lahaina and North Carolina disasters did, i.e. that below the fires and the floods, we are a deeply wounded, broken, and corrupt society. It hurts to even say it.

And here’s the YouTube video that inspired me to post this one:

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