Greg
Not all that much to it, but I enjoyed the popcorn.
Not all that much to it, but I enjoyed the popcorn.
Trifling, but fine for an airplane or something
Trifling, but fine for an airplane or something
Really reflects so many of the failings of the environmental movement of its era, strung between different modes of performativity, and uninterested in thinking through actual power. From small stuff (like characters throwing their cigarette butts and beer cans into the nature that they profess to want to take radical action to protect) to the big stuff (like casual, cynical denigration of native people who are their actual allies and most significant potential partners).
Not dismissing the value of knowing "how to blow up a pipeline" etc, just don't have patience for the macho martyrdom even when it's packaged in camaraderie and hijinks, especially when it's "all in good fun, nobody gets hurt" or has to grapple with the consequences of their cockamamie strategy. Sorry yall! I share your cause but this weren't it chiefs.
Really reflects so many of the failings of the environmental movement of its era, strung between different modes of performativity, and uninterested in thinking through actual power. From small stuff (like characters throwing their cigarette butts and beer cans into the nature that they profess to want to take radical action to protect) to the big stuff (like casual, cynical denigration of native people who are their actual allies and most significant potential partners).
Not dismissing the value of knowing "how to blow up a pipeline" etc, just don't have patience for the macho martyrdom even when it's packaged in camaraderie and hijinks, especially when it's "all in good fun, nobody gets hurt" or has to grapple with the consequences of their cockamamie strategy. Sorry yall! I share your cause but this weren't it chiefs.
interesting and occasionally useful stuff but i wonder if nobody ever pointed out to him that ‘having an editor’ is an antifragile strategy
interesting and occasionally useful stuff but i wonder if nobody ever pointed out to him that ‘having an editor’ is an antifragile strategy
like so much cli-fi, it copes with the enormity by going small. and small can be beautiful. and proleptically mourning florida is work we should do.
like so much cli-fi, it copes with the enormity by going small. and small can be beautiful. and proleptically mourning florida is work we should do.
interesting and occasionally useful stuff but i wonder if nobody ever pointed out to him that ‘having an editor’ is an antifragile strategy
interesting and occasionally useful stuff but i wonder if nobody ever pointed out to him that ‘having an editor’ is an antifragile strategy
in between the first and last chapters it’s kinda boring— but you can learn most of what there is to know in the first few pages of each chapter plus the conclusion— and the end is a doozy. basically we are in a lot of trouble. aside from the repetition, it’s really interesting to see yet another example of human knowledge and relationships dangerously erased by capital’s relentless concentration.
the followup book, Disaster Insurance Reimagined, is an essential read and points to ways forward.
in between the first and last chapters it’s kinda boring— but you can learn most of what there is to know in the first few pages of each chapter plus the conclusion— and the end is a doozy. basically we are in a lot of trouble. aside from the repetition, it’s really interesting to see yet another example of human knowledge and relationships dangerously erased by capital’s relentless concentration.
the followup book, Disaster Insurance Reimagined, is an essential read and points to ways forward.
Lucas is a friend so I am biased, but this reads as a really lovely set of short stories that is bundled together into a quite satisfying ensemble narrative package. Love the variations on the theme of conflict between different versions of the self.
Lucas is a friend so I am biased, but this reads as a really lovely set of short stories that is bundled together into a quite satisfying ensemble narrative package. Love the variations on the theme of conflict between different versions of the self.
