Links of the Month: November 2026

from Dana Variano’s felttipfeelings.com, under Creative Commons licence; thanks to Kavana Tree Bressen for the link A little understanding. A little forgiveness. A little appreciation that we’re all doing our best, that no one is ‘deliberately evil’. A little acknowledgement that we’re all struggling, and our fear and anger and grief are increasingly palpable and often naturally outweigh our rational thinking. A little recognition that our quadruple incompetence (lack of cognitive, critical and creative thinking skills; lack of evidence-supported knowledge and information and the ability to assess them; lack of deep, personal, relevant experience; and lack of sound mental health) pervades everything we try to do, but that incompetence is not a ‘choice’ we make. A little basic comprehension of how complex systems work and how they resist change, and how change actually happens. That’s all. Maybe too much to ask, but it would help as we all try to navigate a treacherous and uncertain…

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