Obviously it's a matter of degree, so to claim I am recommending continual exposure or constant scrolling avoids the point. It's a bit chilling that the term is "cost of care." There should be a cost of caring. My worry is that such recommendations as this essay's, which are couched in terms of degree, become interpreted in terms of kind…
Obviously it's a matter of degree, so to claim I am recommending continual exposure or constant scrolling avoids the point. It's a bit chilling that the term is "cost of care." There should be a cost of caring. My worry is that such recommendations as this essay's, which are couched in terms of degree, become interpreted in terms of kind: as a sanction to turn inward and ignore, all sanctified by the overarching need for self-care. Especially when the resting state, as far as I can tell, is denial--of things that will kill us all, like carbon, nuclear weapons, rising fascism around the world, inevitable pandemics that could easily be far worse than the awful Covid.
The only hope is clear-eyed facing of reality and collective action.
Obviously it's a matter of degree, so to claim I am recommending continual exposure or constant scrolling avoids the point. It's a bit chilling that the term is "cost of care." There should be a cost of caring. My worry is that such recommendations as this essay's, which are couched in terms of degree, become interpreted in terms of kind: as a sanction to turn inward and ignore, all sanctified by the overarching need for self-care. Especially when the resting state, as far as I can tell, is denial--of things that will kill us all, like carbon, nuclear weapons, rising fascism around the world, inevitable pandemics that could easily be far worse than the awful Covid.
The only hope is clear-eyed facing of reality and collective action.