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Parker is an incisive, witty, and wise chronicler of our crazy and terrible times, someone whose moral compass is matched only by her analytical prowess. The work she is doing in an age riven by misinformation and malice could not be more urgent, or more necessary. The Present Age is the definition of a must-read.

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