Did anyone delight in the scene in Shrinking (Apple TV) where Jimmy (tongue in cheek) asks a woman wearing a cross necklace what the "t" stands for? I watched Shrinking months ago but this really stuck with me. I think I'll be giggling about it for the rest of my life.
Let me start off by saying that, just because I'm depressed, does not mean this is a critique.
I feel desperate about our information landscape. I got off Facebook because I couldn't stand to see how mean people were to each other and what horrible sources of information were flying around.
Last Friday, I felt desperate in the way of "Yes, in my soul I deeply know none of this is remotely ok, but what can I do about it?" This week, though, was a different and worse desperation. It reminded me of why I'm off Facebook. Being reminded that people are outsourcing all critical thought to a machine that has been sold to them as the "greatest invention of all time" made me realize that we're seemingly careening into an even worse information landscape. Worse, though, people see the corruption and truly don't care. They make wild excuses like we're just mad because Trump is doing corruption better than any of us could or people who are dumb enough to fall for crypto, deserve to lose it.
I am thankful that the Tangle is staying in the conversation. I make a monthly donation to their non-profit but feel desperate for what else I can do. I think I was holding out hope that there might someday soon (like maybe an off ramp starting in November?) be an end to this complete insanity and we could maybe reel the Overton window back in a little bit and maybe go back to chipping away at "insanity as usual". Thursday's piece about Indiana and Friday's piece have me feeling worried this might go on for so much longer than I can stomach.