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1 May 2024 Conversations with Tyler Coleman Hughes on Colorblindness, Jazz, and Identity

“I think that’s a good thing, because to get too into the world I’m in with politics and debate and so forth can be taxing and toxic without balance.”

— Coleman Hughes

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Coleman Hughes
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1 May 2024
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Conversations with Tyler

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…No, in life. Oh. I like to think that I optimize for happiness broadly construed: not just pleasure or joy, but a balanced amount of that mixed with meaning. I’m definitely of the school that, though I work a lot, I don’t think that work is life. I would like to have a family and do all of that. I try to optimize for being a balanced and happy human being. I think that’s a good thing, because to get too into the world I’m in with politics and debate and so forth can be taxing and toxic without balance. What do you think is the fundamental reason why that world can be so toxic?…

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