It’s clear we’re at the End of Something. Dying democracy, rise of authoritarianism, impending climate catastrophe, and unspeakable violence daily. Complete system failure feels imminent, doesn’t it?
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It’s clear we’re at the End of Something. Dying democracy, rise of authoritarianism, impending climate catastrophe, and unspeakable violence daily. Complete system failure feels imminent, doesn’t it?
There’s a sense of exhaustion that we all feel from the intensity of the past decade. Capitalism depletes our energy: How do we respond to it?
Numbness is what they want – it keeps us paralyzed to action. Feel something. Throw kindling on your empathy and let your anger burn. Action is the antidote to apathy.
Dissociation is what happens when your body is in one place but your brain is in a way different place. It’s a totally understandable response right now.
Disinformation is deployed by those in power to keep us apart, distracted by tribalism and bitter in-fighting. Collective action is only possible when we see and experience commonality and cohesion.
What good is compassion if you don’t act on it? Sympathy isn’t worth a thing if you’re not willing to stand up as an ally.
A switch flips and you do something unexpected. Before you know it, you’re on a journey of self-reflection. On a winding road of personal growth, confronting past versions of yourself. But are we too late?
How do we know what’s real anymore? When we’re surrounded by things such as AI, chatbots, and deepfakes – it’s disorienting. That’s on purpose, of course. It makes urgent the trivial and unimportant to keep our attention focused away from the systems of power and oppression.