Writing as Microcosm 3: The Spontaneity Trap

Last month we talked at fair length about some of the ways that the writing business can serve as a microcosm of life in the declining years of industrial civilization. That same comparison can be taken quite a bit further, and I propose to do exactly that this week. As we discussed in those earlier posts, among the things that make modern life so miserable for so many of its inmates are pervasive propaganda campaigns, pushed heavily by the corporate media and the talking heads of the status quo...