I am not being hyperbolic when I say (tech) capitalism is alienating (making strangers) of us at a staggering scale. Alienating us from ourselves, each other, touch, feeling, thoughts…from the intimacy and care of touch, bedtime stories, prayers, poems, drawings, community, love
Far Right riots are continuing in Belfast tonight with the mob throwing Molotov cocktails at police.
I think Rick Scott has his Tom Wolfe novels confused:
the relevant story isn’t The Right Stuff
It’s literally The Bonfire of the Vanities