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THE DISTANCE

THE DISTANCE

THE DISTANCE

THE SUBJECT

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WHO SETS THE TERMS — AND WHY DO WE STILL ACCEPT THEM?

WHO SETS THE TERMS — AND WHY DO WE STILL ACCEPT THEM?

THE SYSTEM SET THE TERMS.

THEY NO LONGER SERVE US.

THE SYSTEM SET THE TERMS.

THEY NO LONGER SERVE US.

Stories and analysis about the rules that shape our lives, the powers that sustain them — and what we can still reclaim, transform or rebuild.

Stories and analysis about the rules that shape our lives, the powers that sustain them — and what we can still reclaim, transform or rebuild.

Stories and analysis about the rules that shape our lives, the powers that sustain them — and what we can still reclaim, transform or rebuild.

Stories and analysis about the rules that shape our lives, the powers that sustain them — and what we can still reclaim, transform or rebuild.

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POWER • AUTONOMY • ALTERNATIVES

POWER • AUTONOMY • ALTERNATIVES

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WASHINGTON: THE CENTRE THAT OVERREACHED

THE RIGHT TO LEAVE

THE GHOST OF 2005

OURS TO RECLAIM

OURS TO RECLAIM

OURS TO RECLAIM

An essay about how power moved out of reach — and why taking some of it back has become necessary.

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SECOND ESSAY

THE RELAY

A MANIFESTO FOR THE WORLD TO COME

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Power has its rules. We look at how they shape our lives — and what we can still choose to do differently.

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Masked passengers seated inside a train
Masked passengers seated inside a train
Masked passengers seated inside a train
Masked passengers seated inside a train
We made the system more efficient.
We also made it harder to leave.
We made the system more efficient.
We also made it harder to leave.
We made the system more efficient.
We also made it harder to leave.
We made the system more efficient.
We also made it harder to leave.

POWER IS NOT ONLY FOUND IN GOVERNMENT.

It is also found in what organizes our days: the rules we follow, the technologies we depend on, the infrastructure we use, and the decisions we eventually come to see as normal.

Torn poster and layered paper
THE TRACE
What remains of power is often not its legitimacy, but the certainty that we have been dispossessed beyond what we were willing to accept.
Torn poster and layered paper
THE TRACE
What remains of power is often not its legitimacy, but the certainty that we have been dispossessed beyond what we were willing to accept.
Torn poster and layered paper
THE TRACE
What remains of power is often not its legitimacy, but the certainty that we have been dispossessed beyond what we were willing to accept.
Torn poster and layered paper
THE TRACE
What remains of power is often not its legitimacy, but the certainty that we have been dispossessed beyond what we were willing to accept.
Wide ocean horizon
THE HORIZON
We didn't choose what we inherited. We can choose what we pass on.
Wide ocean horizon
THE HORIZON
We didn't choose what we inherited. We can choose what we pass on.
Wide ocean horizon
THE HORIZON
We didn't choose what we inherited. We can choose what we pass on.
Wide ocean horizon
THE HORIZON
We didn't choose what we inherited. We can choose what we pass on.

Photo: Lorie Shaull — CC BY-SA 2.0

WHEN DECISIONS MOVE OUT OF REACH, POWER STOPS ANSWERING TO US.

THE SYSTEM SET THE TERMS.

AND THEY NO LONGER SERVE US.

THE SYSTEM SET THE TERMS. AND THEY NO LONGER SERVE US.

Decisions move further away. Responsibility becomes harder to find. Systems become harder to leave. INTO THE POSSIBLE exists to make that power visible — and contestable.

Decisions move further away. Responsibility becomes harder to find. Systems become harder to leave. INTO THE POSSIBLE exists to make that power visible — and contestable.


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