
1398 || The Empathy Exams
Empathy involves listening to and validating other people's experiences, even when they challenge our own beliefs. Can empathy be learned, or is it an innate quality? Empathy is not perfect but its li...
23 Mars 20259min

1397 || Dana Fisher's Apocalyptic Optimism
"It’s time for us to all be apocalyptic optimists: prepared for the shocks that are coming and ready to rally as activists, disruptors and bridge builders. Together, we can pressure the state and the ...
22 Mars 20258min

1396 || backlash is a good thing, actually.
People in positions of power resist reform because it threatens their position. That means backlash isn't a sign we failed, in fact it's a sign of the opposite. Persistence is the beating heart of cha...
21 Mars 20258min

1396 || backlash is a good thing, actually || patreon
People in positions of power resist reform because it threatens their position. That means backlash isn't a sign we failed, in fact it's a sign of the opposite. Persistence is the beating heart of cha...
21 Mars 20258min

1395 || final thoughts on 2 cheers for anarchism
"Isolation breeds despair. But once you step back to understand your life’s purpose thru a collectivist lens & spend more time building community, then you realize that despair is merely a phase in a ...
20 Mars 202510min

1394 || groupthink
Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity Cohesiveness, or the desire for cohesiveness, in a group may produce a tende...
19 Mars 202510min

1393 || anarchist calisthenics
"You know, you and especially your grandparents could have used more of a spirit of lawbreaking. One day you will be called on to break a big law in the name of justice and rationality. Everything wil...
17 Mars 20259min

1392 || 2 cheers for anarchism || PART 2
"Democratic institutions have, to a great extent, become commodities themselves, offered up for auction to the highest bidder. If relative equality is a necessary condition of mutuality and freedom, h...
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