Hello Adrian, I have made my way through the Reader's Guide for a first reading and I will be back. I can tell how important this is to you. There is enormous depth and sophistication to the material, I do hope that you will be able to draw readers who can engage with you and one another in the discussion. It is important work, especially now in 2024. One of my sadder reactions is to acknowledge how shallow most of the political, even philosophical discourse is in our country. I also am left with a more positive feeling, that even though we are in an enormous historical spasm, change is not in itself a negative. I realize that feeling under a great deal of threat, especially as a woman, I have been resistant to remembering that change in itself is not a negative.
Thank you Leslie, I was adding a graphic to the Reader's Guide asking readers to comment on every essay they read in the publication, when I noticed your comment. Your words are going right to the core of my motivation, namely the development of a deeper discourse on matters which seem urgent today. And yes, develop that discourse in a more positive way, because negativity and cynicism can be found in abundance elsewhere. Ever since I began reading Substack articles I had a strong feeling that this platform could be great for building a community supporting that discourse, simply because of the long form of thoughts coming from serious people. Loved your choice of the word "spasm" and I am looking forward to see your future thoughts on these matters. Welcome aboard and thank you again for being the first commenter of the Guide!
Hello Adrian, I have made my way through the Reader's Guide for a first reading and I will be back. I can tell how important this is to you. There is enormous depth and sophistication to the material, I do hope that you will be able to draw readers who can engage with you and one another in the discussion. It is important work, especially now in 2024. One of my sadder reactions is to acknowledge how shallow most of the political, even philosophical discourse is in our country. I also am left with a more positive feeling, that even though we are in an enormous historical spasm, change is not in itself a negative. I realize that feeling under a great deal of threat, especially as a woman, I have been resistant to remembering that change in itself is not a negative.
Thank you Leslie, I was adding a graphic to the Reader's Guide asking readers to comment on every essay they read in the publication, when I noticed your comment. Your words are going right to the core of my motivation, namely the development of a deeper discourse on matters which seem urgent today. And yes, develop that discourse in a more positive way, because negativity and cynicism can be found in abundance elsewhere. Ever since I began reading Substack articles I had a strong feeling that this platform could be great for building a community supporting that discourse, simply because of the long form of thoughts coming from serious people. Loved your choice of the word "spasm" and I am looking forward to see your future thoughts on these matters. Welcome aboard and thank you again for being the first commenter of the Guide!