86 - investing in political kindness
I have long attempted to prevent myself from being overwhelmed, whether by the things I love or the things I hate. Yet politics is overwhelming for a wide variety of reasons, very few of which are associated with love or hate. They are mainly associated with experiences of inappropriate indifference. Facing reality is not political. Denying reality is political. The political kindness movement is therefore not political at all. It is all about facing up to reality as kindly as circumstances allow. You may be aware that I use several different pen names and writing styles and electronic devices to help me maintain fun and privacy and ethics and mental health in my search for knowledge, especially knowledge about adequately ethical compatibility and political kindness. I never make claims to be a source of wisdom. I am merely a source of documentation. Whether as a tourist or scientist or author, I have always loved exploring colours and textures and sounds and shapes and smells, and tas