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As a religion, social justice works. It works not merely in the sense that a lot of people take it very seriously and react angrily when people misuse its sacred terms … but also in a much more fundamental and potentially constructive way. It has done what so much of anodyne, classical liberalism has failed to do. It has imbued the secular sphere with meaning. It has reenchanted a godless world.
Resources for Climate Nihilism
Sara Hendren from undefended / undefeated
Once we started understanding writing as a mathematical object, our vocabulary for talking about ideas expanded in depth and precision. We could imagine new ideas and metaphors as mathematical constructs, and then conjure them into words, creating entirely new kinds of knowledge tools we could never have created with natural materials. Not only that, backed by our mathematical model of ideas, we could systematically explore the space of what’s possible to imagine.
Synthesizer for Thought
thesephist.com
Later, when it came time to present this work, I was conflicted about how to title it. I knew viewers might interpret the piece as evidence of environmental calamity. I was content to let this potentially mistaken interpretation stand. Years later, when working on the body of work entitled On This Site, I realized that I could write text to go with my pictures—and take responsibility for their meanings.
Yet Why Not Say What Happened
Joel Sternfeld
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