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the quiet contract you sign before you notice anyone's holding the pen.
means The state of relying on someone or something for support, existence, or function — needing what you can't supply yourself.
from From Latin dependere, 'to hang down from' — de- ('down') plus pendere ('to hang'), the same verb that gives us pendant, pending, and suspense. To depend was literally to dangle from a higher point, the way a weight hangs from a hook, and the word kept that posture as it passed through Old French dependre into English: whatever you depend on is the thing you're hanging from, hoping it holds.
- brain chemistry
- Dopamine rewires neurons to crave, not enjoy.
- newborn truth
- Humans are born helpless longer than any animal.
- word root
- From Latin dependere: to hang down from.
- economics
- Entire nations classified as resource-dependent or aid-dependent.
- hidden everywhere
- Plants depend on fungi underground to drink water.
for instance
afghanistan opium production — produces 80% of world's illicit opium, taliban-controlled poppy fields generated $400m+ annually as of 2022