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Meridians and Maritime Museums

Meridians and Maritime Museums

Almost everything we hold dear is imaginary

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Adrian Bleese
Jun 29, 2025
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Almost everything we hold dear is imaginary. We live not in the real world but in stories.

Nations don’t exist, money doesn’t exist, governments don’t exist, even time doesn’t exist. They are all constructs which we just choose to agree on, most of the time. Conflicts over nations and money fill not only our history but our present and, sadly, most prob…

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