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A polycrisis has shattered our world this year. But with care, we can put it back together | Elif Shafak
The challenges and strains have been almost too much to take. But in 2025, words of depth and courage have been an antidote to numbnessI once saw a young glassblower in Istanbul, still new to his craft, shatter a beautiful vase while taking it out of t…