contra-bao on lifeboats

Since writing this post a handful of reflections have been posted in response or in addition to it, including “Building a Lifeboat” by 7666 and “Close This World” by Nyx Land . A friend of mine, shibao, recently put out “ a final call for lifeboats ”, a piece in equal parts polemic and elegy 1 . I wanted to collect my thoughts and respond in order because it seemed like a call for some sort of…