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- Jan 2023
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These are Postman’s fears in action. They are also Hannah Arendt’s. Studying societies held in the sway of totalitarian dictators—the very real dystopias of the mid-20th century—Arendt concluded that the ideal subjects of such rule are not the committed believers in the cause. They are instead the people who come to believe in everything and nothing at all: people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction no longer exists.
one of my enduring beliefs is that we should put down some public stake in what we believe, something that declares what we think. and that we can re-assess that latter and just or not. are we willing to, years latter, affirm our previous claims? do we believe otherwise? is there visible nuance & complexity within us, or are we acting superficial, responsively? this, to me, is where relevation, self lies: whether we are dynamic, or merely transient creatures.
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