Without particularly meaning to, a few of my media sources today have all had this discordant thrum. The shadow of civil strife, possibly war. The spectre of failure in governance. Tragedies expanding from the personal out into the macrocosm. First was the World Policy Journal, the winter issue of which is dedicated entirely to water...
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Random shit from my feeds this morning: SciAm: Rapid Thinking Makes People Happy – key here is fast and varied thinking; fast and repetitive tends to lead to anxiety. (This one courtesy of Mark Seifert). NYT: Kindle Books in Snack Sizes – firm called FT Press is producing shorter digital-only works for $2.99 or less,...
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Emily and Alice Carson Emily younger, 15 Alice 20 societal breakdown gunfights in the streets, factionalism resultant from transition to multi-party government in US? virus outbreaks, tech failures, economic woes parents killed in terrorist attack Alice bought house w/ life insurance money Alice was going to college, but college ceased to exist -now works mending clothes, tailoring -educates herself in...
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