"...It has taken and still takes all of us, working together, to do this. We are the ones doing it, every day. And yet most of us seem to feel that we can have more control over football games than we can over our cities, our jobs, even our own lives." The curious thing about… Continue reading Is Life A Spectator Sport?
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“What’s The Point of Doing Anything if Nobody’s Watching?”
"We all want to be famous, to be seen, frozen, preserved in the media, because we've come to trust what is seen more than what is actually lived. Somehow we've gotten everything backwards and images seem more real to us than experiences. To know that we really exist, that we really matter, we have to… Continue reading “What’s The Point of Doing Anything if Nobody’s Watching?”
The Age of Loneliness
Over a year ago, George Monbiot wrote an article titled "The Age of Loneliness Is Killing Us" for the UK newspaper The Guardian, wherein he highlights the maladies of our age. If you haven't read it, we recommend doing so now, or at least taking a cursory glance at it to get a sense of… Continue reading The Age of Loneliness