- Political cynicism is a Great American Tradition:
- re: less apocalyptic take than mine
- re: what are you going to do about it ism
- re: what are you going to do about it ism nonetheless
- (I did not make the map of hell)
- (poverty is a feature, not a bug: or the lies Americans tell themselves)
- re: fuck my barking nonethelessmously
- Most importantly: Meredith Monk is 76 today, please play loud
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Nonethelessmously
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Don't normally drop links here, but this is worth a read; weeping optional:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/20/high-score-low-pay-gamification-lyft-uber-drivers-ride-hailing-gig-economy
bill mckibben writes in the new yorker article you link to
ReplyDeleteWe are on a path to self-destruction, and yet there is nothing inevitable about our fate. Solar panels and wind turbines are now among the least expensive ways to produce energy. Storage batteries are cheaper and more efficient than ever. We could move quickly if we chose to, but we’d need to opt for solidarity and coördination on a global scale.
mckibben goes on to say there's a slim chance of this - you could emphasize slim, or you could emphasize chance