Astra Taylor

2 weeks ago | laphamsquarterly.org | Billy Collins |Simon Winchester |Astra Taylor |Ben Tarnoff

For any teacher of poetry with the slightest interest in reducing the often high-pitched level of student anxiety, one step would be to substitute for the nagging and ultimately pointless question, “What does this poem mean?” the more manageable question “Where does this poem go?” Tracking the ways a poem moves from beginning to end puts the emphasis on the poem’s tendency to travel imaginatively and thus to carry the reader in the vehicle of its language.

1 month ago | blaetter.de | Naomi Klein |Astra Taylor

Die Bewegung für unternehmensgeführte Stadtstaaten kann ihr Glück kaum fassen. Seit Jahren propagiert sie die extreme Vorstellung, dass wohlhabende, steuerscheue Menschen ihre eigenen Hightech-Lehen gründen sollten, seien es neue Länder auf künstlichen Inseln in internationalen Gewässern („Seasteading“) oder wirtschaftsfreundliche „Freiheitsstädte“ wie Próspera, eine verherrlichte Gated Community in Kombination mit einem Wildwest-Spa auf einer honduranischen Insel.

1 month ago | democraticunderground.com | Naomi Klein |Astra Taylor

The Rise of End Times Fascism By Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Inspired by a warped reading of the political philosopher Albert Hirschman, figures including Goff, Thiel and the investor and writer Balaji Srinivasan have been championing what they call “EXIT.”The principle that those with means have the right to walk away from the obligations of citizenship, especially taxes and burdensome regulation.

1 month ago | internazionale.it | Naomi Klein |Astra Taylor

Per il movimento delle città-stato private è un incredibile colpo di fortuna. Sono anni che cerca d’imporre l’idea estrema secondo cui i ricchi contrari alle tasse dovrebbero fondare dei feudi personali, un nuovo paese su un’isola artificiale in acque internazionali o una “città della libertà” dove fare affari senza vincoli, come Próspera, in Honduras, che è un incrocio tra una comunità esclusiva e una spa.

1 month ago | groene.nl | Naomi Klein |Astra Taylor

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