No. of Recommendations: 8
A massive info-overload has crept into American daily life, tidal waves of distraction, and it feels beneficial, being able to google freely and take in so much and learn new things, but there is a price to be paid and one is memory loss. The emperor is able to turn the page and create dramatic diversions and the overload washes away the story: on January 6, 2021, he encouraged his mob to assault the Capitol to reverse the election and days later he condemned them for it and four years later, reelected, he pardoned them, calling it “a day of love.” It defies credibility. And this is how, though unpopular he be, he dominates our daily life, wretched and reprehensible as he is, we see his face in every clod and hear his name in every expulsion of gas.
Garrison Keillor
