"To think of The Ghosted is to think of injustice, a cataloging of fist-fights, tuberculosis, detention centers, scabies, crabs, lice, roaches, hot plates, Section 8 housing, laborers hiding under blankets in the backs of trucks, children lying stiff against the tops of trains, assembly lines in windowless heat-filled rooms — a type of economic violence … Continue reading The Human Cost of the Ghost Economy
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The Key to Happiness: Coconuts
"...the key to happiness [is] simple: Abandon your earthly possessions, move to a tropical island, become a nudist, and eat only coconuts." —Zoe Bernard,"The Curious Case of August Engelhardt, Leader of a Coconut-Obsessed Cult." Atlas Obscura. November 30, 2017. Imagine sitting down in a small room in Germany in 1902 and listening to August Engelhardt's … Continue reading The Key to Happiness: Coconuts
