No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters

Third reading, January 2025, obviously much different circumstances: there is no longer any time to spare. My first readings I found this inspiring; now I find it more poignant, reflective, and in some senses clearer. Le Guin did not live to see the 2024 election but oh, how she predicted it, how it all went so wrong, every step of the way. With her gentle voice she addresses corporatism, toxic masculinity, overpopulation; with hope and rage and calm strength.

I have watched my country accept, mostly quite complacently, along with a lower living standard for more and more people, a lower moral standard.

and:

When did it become impossible for our government to ask its citizens to refrain from short-term gratification in order to serve a greater good?

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2nd reading, Jan 2024. Sometimes I just need to hear her voice; much like with Terry Pratchett.