Status Updates From À nos amis (Intervention #18)

Unfortunately the essays in this are very uneven. I guess that's what you get when you write by committee. "Fuck Off, Google" has been the best by far.

First chapter: discrete crises (natural disasters, severe economic collapse, etc.) create moments of rupture capable of unearthing issues with the structure of society. But we are now fed a narrative of constant, low-level crisis so that crisis instead becomes a vehicle to restructure whatever those in power want to change. Crisis as government