"Nothing more significant...than the human Other that one encounters"

3 January 2016: Today's good thing is this terrific interview with Marilynne Robinson. I love her take on why democracy is the best political form: "...it assumes the sacredness of any other, in a human being. It assumes the direct, very powerful relationship between any human being and God, whether that human being is aware of it or not. It’s a huge investment in respect for other people, because you assume that God respects them, and a huge assertion of their value that society should accommodate."