1337 || for the doomers
Doomerism is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you don't think there's hope, you won't take the action towards a more hopeful future. It's in our best interests to become the "right" kind of optimists. T...
16 Tammi 20257min
1336 || a paradise built in hell (part II)
"In an era whose sense of the human psyche is dominated by entertainment and consumerism and by therapy culture—the personal and private are most often emphasized to the exclusion of almost everything...
15 Tammi 202510min
1335 || paradise built in hell
"If paradise now arises in hell, it's because in the suspension of the usual order and the failure of most systems, we are free to live and act another way" - Rebecca SolnitBuy the Book: http://rebecc...
14 Tammi 20259min
1334 || debunking the myth of post-disaster chaos
Contrary to widespread belief, there is not an increase in crime after disasters. In fact, the opposite is true. After every disaster, there is an increase in prosocial behavior. These myths perpetuat...
13 Tammi 20258min
1333 || hypernormalization
Hypernormalization: Pretending everything is fine, when it is obviously NOT fine. The goal is to keep us overwhelmed and confused and disengaged. Resist your apathy. Resist in any way you can. Join a ...
12 Tammi 20259min
1332 || responding to the dystopian reality
"The constant generation of novel and fantastic apocalyptic scenarios serves to extend the horizon for the arrival of the hellish conditions contained in dystopia - if oppression is a nebulous but eve...
11 Tammi 202510min
1331 || the dystopia is already here
The dystopia isn’t coming, it’s been here, and we’re finally starting to see it. Fictional dystopias are not imaginative horrors - they are reframed versions of lived experiences for marginalized comm...
10 Tammi 20259min
1330 || "convenient" isn't always good
"We must never forget the joy of doing something slow and something difficult, the satisfaction of not doing what is easiest." - Tim WuTHE SOURCE: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/opinion/sunday/tyr...
9 Tammi 20257min
