Alexander Herzen and the Plural World
Herzen won’t stop striving for social transformation with every ounce of energy he has, but also won’t pick up Chernyshevsky’s axe.
The Dirty Work of Killing
It doesn’t feel like a coincidence that meat consumption has risen as fewer Americans participate in or even think about the slaughter that allows it.
You liberal you!
Posted on July 13, 2020
Image: “When you can bear your own emptiness, you are free,” by Benjamin Balázs; flickr.com.
A human spirit of community and kindness can be learned. But it can also be forgotten.
Handmind in Covidtide
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Alan Jacobs
Posted on July 9, 2020
Image: Gardener working a cypress in the cemetery of Tulcán, located in the city of Tulcán, capital of the Carchi Province, north of Ecuador. Diego Delso / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
By forcibly breaking some of our technological habits, Covidtide creatively destabilizes others.
Our Books, Ourselves
Posted on July 7, 2020
Image: Stacks of books. (Eli Francis via Wikimedia Commons.)
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A personal library, like a toolshed, lives in a state of frequent and pseudo-fruitful interruption.
Our Chekhov Moment
Posted on June 29, 2020
Image: Cherry blossoms by Lance Cheung with a portrait of Anton Chekhov near the end of his life.
Who will emerge as the new elite from this particular moment’s cast of winners and losers?