There are several things going on here. Mainly this site provides a goad to overcome my procrastination. I am in the process of writing a very long essay of five sections. The first section draft was completed a year ago–Summer 2019! It focuses on the Hawthorne Works near Chicago. The second section is on Time (in process), followed by sections on Play, Jobs and Beyond Jobs. This site also serves as a blog for rants, comments and possibly longer pieces and, last, I finally have a place to archive work. For the origins of Ztangi Press go here .
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The relevance of Utopianism
Review of Automation and the Future of Work
One summer during my youth I was hired to work the assembly line at a television manufacturer. This was in the days when America had a manufacturing base and actually produced consumer goods.
The Green New Old Deal:
A new industrial policy when we need a de-industrial policy
The most popular poster for the Green New Deal reveals startling assumptions.
Looking at it as a whole, ignoring the details for now, the poster exhibits a sense of movement. The train is the focal point and duplicates similar depiction of trains, for example, in vintage French posters.
The Surreal Days of the Plague?
The Surreal Days of the Plague?
Are we living surreal days? Hunkered down within four walls. Suspicious of every package at our door. Cleaning and cleaning some more. Gross monopolies mediating all our communication. And constant worry that the elders in our lives will die of COVID19.