It's Crime AND Punishment, not Crime THEN Punishment

Dostoevsky thinks you need God - I think you just need other human beings

MidJourney Prompt: cinematic shot of Dostoevsky's crime and punishment, an axe lying on the floor in the middle of a shabby 19th century russian room

Human beings are unique among beings in that we get to have a say in what it means to be us.

We don’t do this alone, though, not as individuals. We can declare ourselves to be all kinds of things, but it doe…