11456 - On the state of the world and the cost of silence:
On the state of the world and the cost of silence:
Over the past few years, I’ve found myself reflecting on how unevenly the world responds to human suffering, and what that reveals about whose lives are seen as grievable.
We saw this when the war in Ukraine erupted, and social media filled with posts reflecting on the tragedy of the war and the casualties it produced with comments like, “Oh my, this is so wrong, they look just like us.” For some, until then, suffering, death and war ...