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Living in the Future

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020

The other day my librarian friend told me that 2020 is equidistant from both 1990 and 2050. I had to let that sink in for … Read more

Tags 1990, 2020, 2050, climate change, electric cars, future, technology, time, web 2.0

Monday Quote: Esi Edugyan

December 2, 2019December 3, 2018

Today’s quote is from Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black, for which she won her second Giller Prize this year.

Tags canlit, Esi Edugyan, future, Giller Prize, Half Blood Blues, new year, nostalgia, outdoors, past, quotes, Washington Black, wisdom

Bring on the Apocalypse: Learning from Future Scenarios

December 2, 2019July 18, 2018

I’ve been thinking a lot about how we can use art (in my case, writing) to better understand our potential (environmental, economic, etc.) future. The … Read more

Tags Anthropocene, apocalypse, art, climate change, communities, disaster, earthquake, fiction, future, humanities, LA Review of Books, LitHub, post-apocalyptic, resilience, science, seismology, social science, writing

Planning ahead: Dealing with chronic illness

December 2, 2019January 17, 2018

I’ve mentioned previously on the blog that dealing with a chronic illness can make it difficult to plan for the future. I want to talk … Read more

Tags chronic illness, disability, future, goals, mental health, planning, projects, SWCC
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