The divide of 1% and 99% is giving way to a more layered class war that pitches the top 0.1% against what remains of the top 10%. The exponential power of capital against the incremental mobility of the professional class. As more and more are denied access across multiple levels, where will it drive society towards?
Covid19! As I watched people bang vessels, while washing mine, mopped the floor while waiting for the Sensex to please find one(!), and swept rooms while the lockdown enforced some sweeping changes, I also tried to step back and take a look – outwards and inwards – at what’s happening!
I read two brilliant books in the last few months – Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Pérez and The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff. Both books are concerned about data, but differently. One about its lack, and the other about its abundance. But my thoughts were further afield, inspired by the first book’s finding that including women in decisions makes better business sense.
The end of the year provides a good excuse to reflect on the way forward. In my search for knowing the reasons behind a change of heart on the place to retire in after work, I stumbled upon my own narrative shift. That led me to thinking about signalling at large, and the impact it has on the lives we lead.
Travel, to me, and specially in the recent past, has been a way not just to journey to new places, but inward too. The last year has been a watershed on both counts, more so the latter. There are definitely miles to go, but I believe that I have made some advances on traveling light.