“By imagining ourselves as rational beings, we welcome vulnerable to malformed affections and habits. When we deny the reality of our social modes of reasoning, we become caught up in mindless swarms: trying to become a community of rational thinkers, we become a swarm of atomized, emoters.” CommunityEmotionsReasoning Book:Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News Source: Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News