Have you ever seen the movie Together? It’s a Swedish movie set in a 70s polyamorous commune. It’s a utopian attempt to live at home as they believe the world should be, but human nature intrudes.
“As home life equalizes and bureaucratizes, our despotic instincts are pushed out into the public. Multiple bad loops begin. On the one hand, chaotic (lack of) decision-making seems to make populations crave more decisive, more dictatorial leaders on the public stage.” Yes that’s quite true. It’s also making me think of the wider bureaucracy of life in recent years and the overwhelm of admin. Dictatorial leaders cut through the noise of the attention economy, the drastic moves they make signals the sign of getting things done — not that these things getting done are necessarily great for the majority. Really interesting read.
“The more egalitarian our private lives are becoming, the more we are seeking dictatorial arrangements in public life. Today, men and women throughout the West congratulate themselves on taking turns at taking out the trash, and then go online and celebrate the breakdown of Western democracy.”
Have you ever seen the movie Together? It’s a Swedish movie set in a 70s polyamorous commune. It’s a utopian attempt to live at home as they believe the world should be, but human nature intrudes.
“As home life equalizes and bureaucratizes, our despotic instincts are pushed out into the public. Multiple bad loops begin. On the one hand, chaotic (lack of) decision-making seems to make populations crave more decisive, more dictatorial leaders on the public stage.” Yes that’s quite true. It’s also making me think of the wider bureaucracy of life in recent years and the overwhelm of admin. Dictatorial leaders cut through the noise of the attention economy, the drastic moves they make signals the sign of getting things done — not that these things getting done are necessarily great for the majority. Really interesting read.
“The more egalitarian our private lives are becoming, the more we are seeking dictatorial arrangements in public life. Today, men and women throughout the West congratulate themselves on taking turns at taking out the trash, and then go online and celebrate the breakdown of Western democracy.”
I’ll go and take out the trash now.
Like any good meal this will take a bit of time to digest, but well worth it as befits a fine chef.