Has our species been trained now not to react to catastrophic danger or even extra super weirdness? And do we know what really happened on Wednesday in New York City? Last Wednesday I was in Brooklyn, New York, at about ten am. I had stayed in the borough overnight, as I was preparing to meet a lawyer in Manhattan. My stay had already become 21st Century-dystopian, as I had foolishly booked myself at the trendy/discounted hotel, Sonder the Industrialist. It turned out that the management has turned physical hotels into a dehumanized data harvesting operation. I arrived at night in an Uber … Continue reading Apocalypse Lunchtime