<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Rationalize on Xenodesire</title><link>https://xenodesire.com/tags/rationalize/</link><description>Recent content in Rationalize on Xenodesire</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:00:00 -0033</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://xenodesire.com/tags/rationalize/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>In the long run we are all dead</title><link>https://xenodesire.com/posts/in-the-long-run-we-are-all-dead/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:00:00 -0033</pubDate><guid>https://xenodesire.com/posts/in-the-long-run-we-are-all-dead/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;It rained more than usual yesterday—if such a thing as &amp;ldquo;normal&amp;rdquo; even exists these days. I remember 2023—specifically February—when it rained so heavily that a landslide occurred, sweeping the walls of the lot next to my house out into the middle of the street, causing a traffic jam and widespread panic. That image is very vivid—perhaps because not much time has passed since then, and life was much the same—but I miss not being on the brink of a historic climate crisis. Frankly, I am exhausted by living through historic periods, though almost every period is historic. I don’t recall simpler times, even though I was young—which shouldn&amp;rsquo;t have been an issue.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>