The P Word: Pandemic

"We want – and need – to hear advice like this: * Try to get a few extra months’ worth of prescription meds, if possible. * Think through now how we will take care of sick family members while trying not to get infected. * Cross-train key staff at work so one person’s absence won’t derail our organization’s ability to function.* Practice touching our faces less. So how … Continue reading The P Word: Pandemic

Imagined Possibilities & One Bad Storm

"Docility no longer emanates from priestly magic, it results from a mass of minor hypnoses: news, culture, town-planning, publicity, mechanisms of conditioning and suggestion in the service of any order, established or to come."—Raoul Vaneigem, "The Revolution of Everyday Life." Oakland, California: PM Press, 2012. I was reading an article in The Guardian on the problem … Continue reading Imagined Possibilities & One Bad Storm