desiderium
desiderium
an ardent longing, as for something lost
This period will be remembered as a time of great loss. There’s pressure not to dwell on that. No matter the tragedy, you better be back spinning cogs within a few days. Ignoring your pain is a performance hack. Losers grieve, you’re mourn-maxxing.
It’s not nothing, what they’ve taken. Hope for the future plummeted right along with our faith in each other. We were told to huddle around the institutions for warmth, but they mostly cast shadows and kept us in the dark. Past assurances exposed as forgeries, right along with the solutions they sold us.
Even the internet is decomposing before our eyes. What once felt like exploring vast caverns is now more akin to jumping between bowls of oatmeal. Sites are shutting down and the archives are plagued with link rot. They don’t make it easy to bump into new ideas these days, but it’s still possible if you know how to stumble.
In this newsletter, I’ll be shining a light into the corners to see what reflects back. The items linked below resonated with me and I think they’re worth your time. Make a coffee and mull them over.
I’m clocking in for my shift as librarian at the end of the world. Enjoy the conversations these artifacts have with one another.
I hope they give you something to think about.
ContextFall
“Breaking news: mass grave discovered nearby…” - Kadhem Khanjar, Translated by Alice Guthrie
A psychologist explains the limits of human compassion - Brian Resnick
Data Migration - Melanie Harding-Shaw