Weekend Reads: November 6, 2020

Welcome to Lowercase Weekend Reads. Our weekend reads highlight the most important articles of the week.

There's No Escaping Who We Have Become

George Packer is one of those guys who has been calling the moral decay we are seeing now in the U.S. This, still undecided, election has proven that the social fabric of the U.S. is eroded. The real tragedy is that no matter who wins the other side will feel fucked. 

Post-election protests in Maricopa County, Detroit, and more, explained

Good guide to make sense of the current protests on both sides. 

“What's Actually Going on in Our Nursing Homes”: An Interview with Shantonia Jackson

I recently read another incredible article on this subject in Harper’s magazine but this interview really nails it. The inhumane treatment of seniors in these institutions in the name of profit is grotesque. 

When is it ethical to vote for 'the lesser of two evils'?

I am dumbfounded by the fact that so many republicans have voted for Trump after seeing how he behaved in the last four years. I guess we have to accept that a lot of Americans are willing to put up with that moral calamity. 

GTFO: What "The Social Dilemma" Gets Right and Gets Wrong - Areo

We loved the documentary but this article raises some questions. Sure, the attention economy and its  addictive tactics are to blame but there is an underlying problem creating this void.