In place of that knowledge is a vastly complex distribution of knowledge labor that demands mutual respect across domains. I express the trust in the roads, mechanics, and manufacturers every time I get behind the wheel of my car.

A lot of things are breaking right now, but possibly most alarming is the straining to breaking of this otherwise invisible net of social trust that is as necessary as the road, power lines, and water pipes. Indeed, it is the implied social contract infrastructure of all of those tools.

Also think so much of this Fred Moten quote. But also think of how totally culturally and spiritually bankrupt authoritarian and fascist cultures are. It damages and dehumanizes you to be like that

I wish people who want to be defeatists would start by defeating their own urge to spread their spirit of surrender. It's not helpful and it's not an accurate assessment of the present or the possibilities. Yes, we're in a hideous crisis. Yes, there's lots to do and lots of people trying to do it.