Surrender. It's Brian Eno
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Surrender. It's Brian Eno
The process of crossing the threshold is demanding for each and every one of us. When the cracks appear in a long-held belief, it causes anxiety and pain. As the certain world is replaced by great uncertainty, the risk is that we cling to what we know more than ever. The gravitational pull of the familiar exerts itself, no matter how dysfunctional
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It also constitutes a delusion even in the limited terms of narrow self-interest: until the image of the glorious past is challenged, it’s easy for many to hanker after a return to a mythical golden age, when in reality almost all were exploited in the time of Empire, those abroad just rather more than those at home.
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surrendering to communal time
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where governments are embracing a role that is more about coordination and facilitation than central command.