There is a peculiar feeling that belongs almost exclusively to modern cities. You can spend an entire day surrounded by human beings and never once feel connected to any of them. The elevator arrives. Someone glances at their phone. The train is crowded. Hundreds of faces pass within arm’s reach. Coffee is bought from a …
There’s something we like to believe about dreams—that they belong to everyone. That no matter where you come from, what you have, or what you lack, you are free to imagine a future beyond your present. It sounds comforting. It sounds fair. It just isn’t true. Because dreaming, like most things, has a cost. And …