334 / Parent or not: finding networks of care
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334 / Parent or not: finding networks of care
He needs a world with a robust countervailing understanding of personhood and contribution and community in it, human values that are alive and operational outside the logic of the market and its insistent clock. He needs it, and so do the rest of us.
Sara Hendren • What Can a Body Do?: How We Meet the Built World
It’s liberation from the idea that we can self-optimize ourselves to the point of not needing anyone else. That if we work hard enough to survive in a competitive economy, we’ll be able to buy, order, or summon anything we might need within 24 hours, and that is somehow progress. That instead of asking for help and support from the people and frien... See more
Thomas Klaffke • Aliveness: Reframing Productivity
Feeding this crisis is the fact that we are spending more time alone than ever before, and as a result, care, whether giving or receiving, has become a less organic part of our lives. For much of history, it was difficult for humans to go it alone. Goods and services were more expensive in relative terms, and running a household was extremely labor
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