The Dao of Susan

What a drunken twitter rant tells us about alcohol, spontaneity and authenticity

Edward Slingerland

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“Drunk.”

This single-word tweet was the beginning of an extended, drunken rant by the author Susan Orlean that delighted and captivated the twitter-verse last summer.

Some choice excerpts:

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Edward Slingerland

Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at UBC, author of Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization (June 2021)