Even in the face of momentous events—whether that’s a consequential political election or the fate of an unsold novel—I never seriously wish to know the future.
I believe that the fortune tellers of legend—Pythia (the Oracle of Delphi), Teiresias the seer who reported unpleasant truths to Oedipus and others, and the disbelieve…
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