Where a culture is lying to itself
Two nice turns of phrase with a pertinence far and wide.
“I’m looking for places where the culture is lying to itself,”she says. “I’m interested in where the language is insufficient and the ideas don’t seem to reflect reality.”
and
“It’s just so easy to think what’s important about the future is getting to Mars and having self-driving cars,”
From an interview with Emily Witt in the FT