Macrodoses #5: The Election

This is more than just my verdict on an election season that was served up in carefully scripted images, videos, and soundbites. The larger truth is that we are living in a time when all disputes and engagements take on this fabricated quality.

Instead of doing something tangible or constructive or even persuasive, instigators work to create a meme—... See more

Four-and-a-half years ago, as the COVID epidemic hit its first, horrible spike, Jamais Cascio , a professional futurist, wrote a prescient and helpful post titled, “Facing the Age of Chaos.” He began with this simple insight: “This current moment of political mayhem, climate disasters, and global pandemic — and so much more — vividly demonstrates t... See more