human condition
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When the themes get more abstract—“Synesthesia,” “The Mythology of Fear”—we’re looking at metaphors for the human condition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
As a collection of ideas about the human condition, ripe for interpretation, it’s invigorating.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
He tells the BBC the film portrays "the human condition", with the characters living in "the apocalypse" but "still looking for something else and hoping for something else".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Students really enjoy Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” — it’s all about the human condition and cancel culture, forbidden love and lies and deceit, with witches in the forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Yali’s question went to the heart of the current human condition, and of post-Pleistocene human history.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
