Sadly, America and the world are about to understand, all too well, what "you can't go home again" really means.

"Elon Musk’s First Month of Wrecking America Will Have Consequences for Decades"
www.theverge.com/elon-musk/61...

Scholars sometimes self-describe as apolitical or neutral, perhaps to avoid offence or from disinterest. But to be apolitical in a country of politically active anti-intellectuals is to be gazelle who takes no position on lions. Scholars are paying with their careers and the future of education.

Canadians are spending the extra time to check packaging and avoid US products. A lot of Canadians. They don't like bullies and they aren't pausing just because the US flinched.

Building-code writers and governments have dithered for 40 years rather than address the climate crisis. Predictable, preventable losses will soon surpass the LA fires as a result. Adaptationists should support enormous investments now to avoid the uncountable losses that more dithering will bring.

Hi, friends. I'm on a reading jag that focuses on mass movements, the psychology of crowds, and persuasion. Any of my friends care to join me? On now: Le Bon, G. (1895). _The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind._ 160 p. Dover Publications; Reprint edition (2002).

I'm looking for a book on mass social movements, but I'm only interested in recommendations from people who have read at least two of them.

Not sure how this works yet. I'm traveling in BC for work. I'm halfway through Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier, simultaneously the book, the audiobook, and the 2020 film.