What makes distance strange?
Above, anthropologist George Leader on how social distancing challenges our instincts for cooperation. Also, Alison Arieff on now as the time to fix our streets.
We don’t save lives
Above, Richard Huntington on the role of selfless creativity. Also, Helen Edwards on irreplaceability as the ultimate goal of any brand. And, Ritson says it’s all pneuma bullshit.
Too bizarre to be natural
Above, the phenomenologist Norm Reisen on why videoconferences suck. Also, science fiction novelist Ted Chiang on the pandemic as disaster novel. Also, Amin Aalipour asks if we can build a culture of selflessness.
The objects of our isolation
Above, Parsons is crowdsourcing a pandemic section to their Atlas of Everyday Objects. Also, Amy Azzarito at Smithsonian explores the peculiar history of such things.
Reading the Turners…part 2
The second installment in my effort to read Victor & Edith Turner and write about Liminality and Communitas. Let me know what you think.