The perpetual paradox of political education. Books transmit information. The knowledge they confer will simultaneously make you better informed about how to design a better society, but less and less certain about whether revolution will encourage or even allow that kind of society. Memes transmit emotions, instilling the passion to enact revolution, but leaving you with no knowledge of how to revolt, or how to rebuild afterward.

Hence 50 years for zines

I didn’t know that quote by Voltaire.

The medium is the message.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_medium_is_the_message

that’s the internet era’s way. rock on.

when all you have is a string to pull on

you pull on it to keep caring

Reminds me of something Alok said about playbooks: we focus on the books but forget to play.