The Destruction of Devices
“The country I live in is a strange one, a place where the poor express their frustration by stealing and destroying electronic devices, while the rich express theirs by threatening to shoot everyone.”
That Old Time Sophistry
Oh you'll go outside again, work at a job, hate the president. But that old world is gone, let it go and prepare for the new.
The Haunting Gaze of the Pandemic
Going outside for a walk or, more daringly, a trip to the grocery store, we are more aware than ever of our proximity to others just as they are of us. Jean-Paul Sartre’s summary observation in No Exit that “Hell is other people” has assumed a qualitatively more severe level of significance.
The Systemic Changes Needed to Combat Hunger (During a Pandemic)
The cultural impact of ultra-processed foods is “a consequence of the desire to consume more and more as to create the sensation of belonging to a more modern and superior culture." With this, late stage capitalism has changed the concept of poverty and hunger.