Caring economy
by Leslie J Borrell and · updated 3mo ago
Caring economy
- people still carve out community in the most hostile of places and subvert platforms to create space for human-first desires. We create solidarity infrastructure out of text chains, subvert government control through form submissions, and carve intimate sanctuaries in the comment sections and profiles of algorithmically controlled wastelands. We ma... See more
from one year of independence
linda added 3mo ago
- When hyper-individualism kicked into gear in the 1960s, people experimented with new ways of living that embraced individualistic values. Today we are crawling out from the wreckage of that hyper-individualism—which left many families detached and unsupported—and people are experimenting with more connected ways of living, with new shapes and varie... See more
from David Brooks: The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake - The Atlantic by theatlantic.com
Leslie J Borrell added 5mo ago
In good hands There is a feeling I search for: being in good hands. It is the feeling I look to give and the feeling I look to receive. I know I am in good hands when I sense a cohesive point of view expressed with attention to detail. I can feel it almost instantly. In any medium. Music, film, fashion, architecture, writing, software. At a Japa... See moreSarah Drinkwater added 8mo ago
Leslie J Borrell added 10mo ago
- If you’re actually serious about treating burnout — yours, your partners, your future children’s — you have to be serious about treating it for people you might not even know. If you want to actually make life better, more livable, less of a slog for yourself, that involves making it better for a whole lot of other people as well. For that, you don... See more
from what great inconvenience by Anne Helen Petersen
Stuart Evans and added 10mo ago
- Someone on Twitter suggested affixing services with the equivalent of the newly-mandated restaurant calorie count: this is the lived employment reality of the person serving you, this is what this particular service does to the environment. That feels blunt but appropriate, given how effective capitalism is at cloaking the means, conditions, and re... See more
from what great inconvenience by Anne Helen Petersen
Stuart Evans added 10mo ago
- Are you willing to embrace that truly slight inconvenience — and maybe pay a few dollars more — so that a person’s job is significantly less shitty? Think about in practice: are you willing to wait five more minutes for an Uber so that, when you get in, you know that your drive has health insurance and is making a living wage? Are you willing to pa... See more
from what great inconvenience by Anne Helen Petersen
Stuart Evans added 10mo ago
Stuart Evans added 10mo ago
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linda and added 10mo ago
“If we’re going to change our culture, we have to change our narrative. That’s what it comes down to. We have to change the mental model that our brains are using to make sense of the world.” —Trabian Shorters, founder of @bmecommunity Find a link in our bio to listen to Trabian’s full On Being conversation with Krista: A Cognitive Skill to Magnify Humanity. #onbeing #newsletter #summer #pause #wisdom #recommended #subscribe #spirituality #kristatippett #trabianshorters #assetframing #bmecommunity
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