The Negative Dialectics of Social Distancing
Today, in the middle of the global pandemic of COVID-19, we find another opportunity for negative dialectical thinking in the phrase “social distancing.” Offered as a recommendation for how best to hinder the spread of the virus, social distancing is, on the surface, a simple synonym of avoidance, isolation, or quarantining. If we, as individuals, limit our exposure to other bodies, then the chances of spreading the virus will decrease. Seems simple enough. But, as with so many phrases, this one has a lot lurking beneath the surface. Negative dialectical thinking plumbs the depths.
By Will Daddario.
3:AM in Lockdown 6: Fernando Sdrigotti
We Are All in This Alone By Fernando Sdrigotti. I A sticker to be added after the final stop of every book: AND THEN COVID-19 HAPPENED AND ALL OF THIS DIDN’T MATTER ANY MORE. II Days in which writing feels useless. Or it risks becoming a cave, a place where to hide from the cataclysm. […]