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Reading is Fundamental
But what is lost when we prioritize reading literacy over human connection?
Literacy. We use the word to mean the ability to parse text, but it’s not that simple. Roughly 87% of the world’s population can read. Almost a third of those people read in a language that they don’t speak at home. In becoming literate, in the text-parsing sense, many people enter a world that does…
things i notice:
- young people notice things that older people miss
- some older people default to aligning with older people, while some older people default to aligning with younger people
- downsizing means one person is responsible for a two-person job
take care of each other
my friend's bank branch just went cashless
i literally only go to the bank to deal with cash
coming soon:
• breadless bakeries
• coffeeless cafés
• hardwareless hardware stores
• careless care providers
late-stage capitalism is really something to behold
Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg
Neurodivergent dad, CEO of Meta Corporation
by Ryk GroetchenNeurodivergent dad of neurodivergent childrenFacilitator of musical experiences for families with young children Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, I have been a user of your platform since soon after it was released to the public in the mid-2000s. I’m older than you: you were born the year I should have graduated from high school. As…
Fobazi Ettarh: my younger elder
Navigating changing conditions in the nurturing professions
Vocational awe: “the set of ideas, values, and assumptions librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in beliefs that libraries as institutions are inherently good and sacred, and therefore beyond critique.” “graduates overwhelmingly pointed to underemployment issues as a source of unhappiness, including low wages; lack of benefits; having to settle for part-time,…
the literal life
I’ve read things literally my whole life. Hold up. Let me rephrase that. Actually, let me point out how that is a perfect opening statement for this piece I’m trying to write about life as a literalist. Everything is wrong with this sentence, if I pick it apart. Not literally everything, though the case could…