Of the improbability of human existence in Solvej Balle’s ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME: “Each of us has come into being as only one of untold possibilities. . . . Anyone would think this knowledge would equip us in some small way to face the improbable, but the opposite appears to be the case.”
Jan 12, 2026 16:26“We have grown accustomed to living with knowledge of [our own improbability] without feeling dizzy every morning, and instead of moving around warily and tentatively, in constant amazement, we take the strangeness of it all for granted.” Solvej Balle, ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME
