https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/public/ recent bookmarks from robertogreco 2026-06-26T08:30:11+00:00 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pope-leo-xivs-magnifica-humanitas-w-jack-hanson/id1462703434?i=1000773716438 robertogreco magnificahumanitas 2026 popeleoxiv rerumnovarum popeleoxiii jackhanson donnaharraway cyborgs ai artificialintelligence humanism humanity reinholdniebuhr catholicchurch catholicism nature destiny human humans workers work labor augustinianism augustine staugustine saintaugustine society michaeloakenshott knowyourenemy war greed religion popefrancis us michaeloakeshott commonweal charlespéguy modernity profit capitalism privateproperty property authoritarianism democracy jdvance donaldtrump samadler-bell matthewsitman poverty augustinians sharing theology stevebannon latinamerica perú vaticanii vatican tradcatholicism globalsouth thirdworld humanrights global liberaldemocracy religiousfreedom freedomofreligion popebenedictxvi scripture thomasaquinas justice humandignity economics democraticsocialism politics adrianvermeule 1891 1937 1983 1985 discernment darioamodei anthropic antoniospadaro peterthiel towerofbabel language english audience desire homogenization tension growth friction mortality time place https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e0ae7f0359ad/ 2024-03-24T22:14:25+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-SQuxleYtI robertogreco ilanpappé 2024 israel zionism palestine benthompson asawinstanley aliabunimah jonelmer norabarros-friedman gaza nakba history ethniccleansing genocide antizionism warcrimes apartheid 1999 2006 education dispossession occupation settlercolonialism colonialism colonization supremacy racism curriculum indoctrination propaganda dehumanization socialization idf schooling westbank stateviolence southafrica roguestates refugees egypt displacement settlers settlements kibbutzim ghettos expulsion davidben-gurion arabjews iraq dearabization northafrica whitesupremacy arabs fascism rightwing 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witness testimony humanity persecution https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:6640d6834b27/ 2024-03-10T05:08:32+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw3Y-6GqytM robertogreco makdisistreet naderashalhoub-kevorkian 2024 palestine israel genocide eastjerusalem jerusalem gaza ethniccleansing haifa academia universities colleges oppression sareemakdisi ussamamakdisi karimmakdisi francescaalabanese dehumanization abuse colonization colonialism nablus settlers settlercolonialism violence displacement erasure dispossession malice evil ethnonationalism humanrights power resistance bodies death burial torture nonbeing zakiyyahimanjackson bodybags frantzfanon epistemicviolence media defiance hortensespillers alexanderghediweheliye biopolitics feminism slavery westbank jenin hebron unchilding storytelling horror babies destruction evidence ontology necropolitics racialviolence children racism race nakba marchofreturn humiliation emasculation benjaminnetanyahu idf foucault michelfoucault joebiden propaganda socialmedia tiktok youtube instagram victimology zionism necrocapitalism criminology indigenous indigeneity flesh childhood childhoodstudies corruption moralbankruptcy culture strength wea https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:29934e034e17/ 2023-07-15T03:04:49+00:00 https://archive.is/rYEe5 robertogreco men masculinity 2023 identity purpose christineemba patriarchy education highered colleges universities power parenting jordanpeterson joshhawley andrewtate gender sexuality relationships depression deathsofdespair anxiety vulnerability politics economics wages income manhood labor work costinalamariu bronzeagepervert donaldtrump conservatives conservatism evolutionarybiology feminism manoverse loneliness alienation isolation socialidentitytheory society nihilism incels barbarism subjugation left psychology stoicism competitiveness dominance aggression anti-femininity achievement strength weakness adventure risk violence #metoo toxicmasculinity joyreid inclusion inclusivity richardreeves resentment radicalization rajchetty scottgalloway presence sports responsibility nickofferman fathers fatherhood davidgilmore manliness distinctiveness leadership adventurousness testosterone bravery taylorreynolds norms standards history employment maleness proactiveness agency kindness courage risktaking dignity biology fem https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:47f0f9c01ca5/ 2020-03-20T22:58:31+00:00 https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/beautiful-losers robertogreco[It] takes courage to tell the truth about oneself, about one’s own defeat. Many of the persecuted lose their capacity for seeing their own mistakes. It seems to them that the persecution itself is the greatest injustice. The persecutors are wicked simply because they persecute; the persecuted suffer because of their goodness. But this goodness has been beaten, defeated, suppressed; it was therefore a weak goodness, a bad, indefensible, unreliable goodness. For it will not do to grant that goodness must be weak as rain must be wet. It takes courage to say that the good were defeated not because they were good, but because they were weak. I often find myself rereading these words in moments of defeat, to ward off the comforts of melancholy. The Sanders campaign has been premised, in part, on the idea of a righteous struggle: against the callous forces of profit and their political enablers. Our cause is righteous. But we should remember that righteousness is not enough to win. And that if we fail, our righteousness will be no consolation at all. The Bernie campaign is good, but if we are losing—to Joe Biden!—then the form of its goodness is “bad, indefensible, unreliable.” Often it seems everything wrong with Bernie’s campaign can be attributed to something he’s doing right, but for which he’s being punished by Democratic elites or the corporate media (“the persecuted suffer because of their goodness”). Bernie doesn’t win Black voters because they’re too conservative and loyal to the establishment; his supporters are accused of online abuse because they’re particularly enthusiastic and economically desperate; he has fewer endorsements because he’s an outsider and other elected officials are afraid to buck the bosses; he receives little earned media because the media hates him for refusing to flatter the pundit class and their expertise. These things may all be true, but they’re also explanations which preclude solutions; they absolve us, attest to our innocence, and prefigure an alibi for our inevitable downfall. We can do more than blame the formidable forces arrayed against us. We can be open to good-faith criticism, to new strategies, and to new allies (including those who have no interest in our righteousness or our struggle but who merely want to beat Donald Trump). Rigorous self-criticism is a left-wing value as well, after all. I don’t have all the answers. The way forward for Bernie may require a change in posture, from outsider resentment to magnanimous inclusivity; from hostility to the Democratic establishment to narrating how our program fulfills the highest hopes of the Democratic Party’s egalitarian tradition. Bernie needs to grow his coalition. He can’t do that by naming enemies alone. We must also seek out and embrace new friends. When you’re losing, it can feel good to huddle with the righteous few already on your side. But a willingness to face our present weakness may be a prerequisite for the strength we need to win. It could be over soon. Some of the projections for the next round of primaries are grim. But the world is in crisis. Everything can change in an instant. And despair is not an option. As organizer Mariame Kaba has said, hope is a discipline; it must be practiced. Too many times I’ve seen the left preemptively settle for virtuous defeat—accepting that we, like those before us, will be vanquished and remembered fondly for our attempt. But the waters are rising. We can’t wait to see whether ours is the generation that will fulfill the hopes of the radicals who fell before us. Whether or not history has caught up with us, ecology has us in its grasp. In this, I agree with my friend, the author and organizer Jonathan Smucker, who writes, “I take no solace in the prospect of history listing me among the righteous few who denounced the captain of a ship that sank.” We must set our aspirations higher. If we want to save the ship, “we must conspire to take the helm.”"]]> socialism politics 2020 elections us berniesanders left defeat learning howwelearn media elizabethwarren samadler-bell progressive movements organizing nostalgia belatedness memory mourning radicalism spanishcivilawar chile salvadorallende marxism rosaluxemburg power idealism coup istory radiomagallanes 1973 pessimism accountability labor joehill enzotraverso melancholy redemtion melancholia bertholdbrecht affect intimacy alienation discomfort reality richardeder absolution weakness goodness democrats criticism self-criticism establishment egalitarianism mariamekaba discipline hope optimism radicals canon golpemilitar https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:3444699a11bf/ 2015-03-18T16:09:40+00:00 http://steamcommunity.com/app/287600/discussions/0/45350791170836413/?tscn=1417886496 robertogrecoBut there is a certain beauty in the way that humans are a part of nature. Their fragility, their lack of control, their weakness are all charming in a way. And they create a strong bond between us all. Hmm, I thought I had seen the game advertise itself with something along the lines of 'Who will you be? A lover, a traitor, a freedom fighter?', which suggests that the player has clear agency in the direction that the protagonist takes. But you are right. So many games present the player with choices that will have a great and transparent impact on the game-world, the philosophy being that games should satisfy the human desire to leave a mark. But I now realize how much I yearn for a gaming experience in which things just happen to you, and in which small actions can have great or small consequences, forseen or unforseen. There is certainly a peculier sense of exhileration (and anxiety) in surrendering to the uncontrollable nature of life. This is also why I am so friggin excited for the remake of Pathologic. :p" [via: http://notgames.tumblr.com/post/105182523812/but-i-now-realize-how-much-i-yearn-for-a-gaming ]]]> systems systemsthinking 2014 games gaming videogames humans choice legacy control surrender life living unpredictability weakness helplessness https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:3e6fdeeab73e/ 2014-11-21T04:37:37+00:00 http://stager.tv/blog/?p=3401 robertogreco“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.” (Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963) Educators are to remain neutral and seek consensus at all-costs. Balance programs us to find the silver lining in tornados. There MUST be SOMETHING good in what Bill Gates or Sal Khan or any number of a million corporations with ED or MENTUM or ACHIEVE or VATION in their names happen to be peddling. The laws of the political universe, and education is inherently political, greet each embrace of “balance” as ten steps in a more conservative direction. There is no balance – just weakness. I urge you to read one of my favorite passages ever written about “balance” in education. It is from a lesser-known classic, On Being a Teacher,”  by the great American educator, Jonathan Kozol. Please take a few minutes to read, “Extreme Ideas. [http://stager.tv/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Kozol-Extreme-Ideas.pdf ]”]]> garystager balance compromise mediocrity submission 2014 jonathankozol resistance hybridmodel politics policy weakness dilution unschooling deschooling tcsnmy curriculum commoncore phonics rttt nclb mandates directives rules standardization helplessness gradualism teching pedagogy schools education khanacademy socialjustice leadership learning https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e958055519d6/ 2014-02-25T22:36:55+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3umXU_qWc robertogreco chimamandaadichie culture feminism gender masculinity chimamandangoziadichie 2013 girls society relationships parenting virginity sex pretense boys fear vulnerability weakness manhood https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:67035e79788b/ 2013-12-05T19:06:09+00:00 http://tobia.tumblr.com/post/69044483039/we-teach-females-that-in-relationships-compromise robertogreco chimamandangoziadichie chimamandaadichie 2013 girls society relationships parenting virginity gender sex pretense boys masculinity fear vulnerability weakness manhood https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:484a2474be43/ 2012-02-21T07:43:38+00:00 http://cowbird.com/story/9637 robertogreco relationships creativity living cv self audience mystery uncertainty vulnerability weakness baz wisdom teaching writing 2012 cowbird jonathanharris https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:932994557f59/