We are at a crucial point in our identity and history, and some of us are poised to make the best and fullest use of these truly unprecedented times.
In a previous age, people actually did things — without cameras or digital devices of any kind.
In the era of alternative facts, what many of us had known as “news” — reliable, authoritative and uncontested — evaporated before many of us even noticed.
The day to day, lived reality of the kids today is alien to the previous several generations, if not all of humanity.
If there were ever a cautionary tale for our time, it would be Michael Lewis’ new book on convicted crypto fraudster Samuel Bankman-Fried.
For now, at least, it’s not always big families
Almost everywhere we go, the sameness, in many cases the “authentic” sameness of everything from food to public spaces, to what people almost everywhere eat, wear and listen to is, by some nearly irresistible, pervasive force, largely the same.
America has always loved its hucksters and con-men (and women). In fact, one article described this ever-thriving industry the “American fantasy-industrial complex.”
In short, welcome to what is almost certainly the craziest, most unpredictable election year, with the highest stakes, of our lives.
A modest proposal for a new holiday
And a few other ways that technology has changed us when no one was looking
By Morf Morford, Tacoma Daily Index
By Morf Morford, Tacoma Daily Index
