The revolution will not be televised, will not be televisedWill not be televised, will not be televisedThe revolution will be no re-run brothersThe revolution will be live—Gil Scott-Heron, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised A few years ago, while watching The Get Down, I heard a piece of spoken-word poetry woven into the soundtrack that stopped me cold. … Continue reading The Revolution Will Still Not Be Televised
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Three Lenses in a Noisy World: Building a Personal Method for Understanding the News
There is a quiet habit many of us carry without much thought. We wake, we check the news, and we assume that in doing so we are becoming informed. It feels responsible, even virtuous in a modest civic sense. A person who keeps up with events is, after all, a person who cares about the … Continue reading Three Lenses in a Noisy World: Building a Personal Method for Understanding the News
