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#167: Bomb Shelters vs Bookshelves (You Get What You Prepare For)
May 6, 2020—Now that the apocalypse is here, it kind of seems like a good time to embrace #PrepperLife, but does the fetal position really make you safe?
I have more books than shelves. There’s a little stack piling up at the foot of my bed. When I noticed it, I got this warm, fuzzy feeling.
Some people get that feeling when they open up their bank account and see a bunch of zeroes. Other people get it when they climb into their concrete bunker and tally up three months of food.
It’s the feeling of safety—the knowledge that you have more than you need and you’re good for a while if shit hit the fan tomorrow.
You can tell a lot about a person by what they stockpile.
So I guess I’m a starving artist.
But it goes beyond that. Because the difference between bookshelves and bomb shelters is really the difference between confidence and fear.
