by Tedd Siegel Malcolm Harris’ Kids These Days makes the case that the Millennial generation (along with GenZ now coming of age) should be recognized as a kind of a pivot point. One way or another, Harris says, “a sweeping set of historical decisions are going to get made on…

by Tedd Siegel “We inhabit a culture that privileges novelty and growth over the cyclical and the regenerative.” –Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy “The principle of political action that I am suggesting is that the rhythmic and spiral nature of time should be affirmed.” –Arthur…

by Tedd Siegel Capitalist realism can only be threatened if it is shown to be in some way inconsistent or untenable; if, that is to say, capitalism’s ostensible realism turns out to be nothing of the sort. — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism The struggle for an equitable distribution of time…

by Steve Heikkila I’ve been researching the corrosive effects of America’s for-profit election industry on democracy in recent months (see the piece I posted in October entitled The Election Industry versus Democracy). …

by Tedd Siegel The copies, the copies,” said I hurriedly. We are going to examine them, there — and I held towards him the fourth quadruplicate. I would prefer not to,” he said, and gently disappeared behind the screen. –The Lawyer, Bartleby the Scrivener, Herman Melville Work Turn to the left Work Now…