Dilemmas
I’m struggling with all these things as I think about what to write about. I want to explore art and creativity and community and human growth and wellbeing here. I believe that the way to overcome violence and cruelty lies in building community and promoting human growth and interrelatedness., attunement to oneself and to others. But if that all comes across as evasion and pabulum, what good is that? These are my dilemmas. I’m just trying to figure it out.
What If Workers Could Hire and Fire Managers?
None of this is inevitable. Al of this is the result of choices made by society, choices that can be reviewed, discussed, revised and undone. These are systems we as humans create. There is no natural law or invisible hand that creates all this. We are the invisible hand. It is possible to build successful - very successful - businesses where managers and leaders are elected by employee owners of the companies. They already exist.
The Counter Slop Revolution
I believe, purely by observation though not with hard data, that a counter movement against constant stimulation and toward greater authenticity, depth, and substance is underway, below and away from the braying social media bullhorns and the firehoses of emotional manipulation aimed at us all by mega tech corporations.