after living closer to nature for a few years now, ive started to believe something about cities that i didnt before. i now believe cities create an environment where it is very easy to lose touch with reality. nature teaches you about reality. but the collective agreement of cities creates energy that can be rooted in all manner of distractions, strange conclusions, and ambitions. and if you don’t understand how to combat those things, youll find yourself drifting into agreement with whatever mob of people you exist within. its not impossible to stay grounded in a city, but it requires conscious effort.