“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”
– Malala Yousafzai, activist
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ATO's AI models draw deep scrutiny
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Fear is a weapon used for pushing voters to the right
As a communications consultant, Parnell Palme McGuinness is well-schooled in the leverage that fear can play in any campaign (“Take heed from a fractured Germany”, February 16). To simply equate the significant societal issues facing Germany to be the same as those facing Australia is just nonsensical. Many societies are confronted by deep divisions, from the US, Britain, France and Germany to name a few. To suggest that the frankly stupid social media clip by two nurses in Bankstown proves a fractured Australia is utterly absurd. But let’s press the fear button and see if that gives me prominence.
Bill Johnstone, Blackheath
‘We’re clearly heading towards collapse’: why the Murdoch empire is about to go bang
America Needs You paired with solid lessons from Ikigai, Stoicism, Antifragility, Buddhism, and Ubuntu
Brilliant Crank: “In the last six weeks, I haven’t talked to a single person who isn’t drowning in stress from the relentless flood of bad news.
Despite their best efforts, some of my friends are falling into the doom loop—consumed by current events and attention-whore pundits saying whatever it takes to keep them trapped. Don’t get me wrong, this country is in some deeply disturbing, uncharted waters right now. But the worst thing we can do is get so wrapped up in events beyond our control that we lose our ability to think clearly.
We need to train ourselves to process information, stay focused, and take action where it actually matters. Resilience and antifragility have been on my mind a lot since November. More and more it feels like a week’s worth of bad news has been compressed into a single day.
Our attention and mental health are under attack—bombarded in a way humanity has never experienced before. In response to current events, writers like Kottke have focused their efforts on exposing the darkness. I have a lot of respect for Jason’s work, but if I immerse myself in it 24/7, I’ll be a shell of a human by next month. Perhaps as a companion piece to Kottke and others, this issue is focused on strategy and tactics—ways to take in information without getting pulled under.
I’ve got plenty more to share, so if you find this useful, let me know. We’ll start with an amuse-bouche, then move on to methods for protecting our minds—drawing from the philosophies of Ikigai, Stoicism, Antifragility, Buddhism, and Ubuntu. Let’s go…”