A stream for miscellaneous thoughts and things that capture my attention.


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View full page →Friedman makes some observations and expresses some thoughts about our current time.
He calls it the age of protest and describes the forces of accelerating change in society that have led up to and empowered it.
It's a good read, but the ideas are not really new.

If you go to The Guardian's website these days you can find a section that is just labeled "Protest." So now, with your morning coffee, you can get your news, weather, sports - and protests.
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