What Does It Mean to Be a Rebel In a Coarse Era?
The possibilities will make you feel vastly better about yourself
I am sharing portions of a talk I delivered at Digital Void Media’s Meme In the Moment Festival at Caveat in New York City on October 26, 2022. A video of the full talk is also linked within.
“I want to offer you a suggestion for three things. And if these three things turn you on, act on them. Act on them — and burn the fleet behind you. Try them for one hour. See what occurs…
“What is the role of the rebel in a world of coarseness and hostility? Not what you may think:
- Get away from cruel people.
- Greet trash with silence.
- Don’t humiliate people. You’ll stand taller than you ever imagined.
“We don’t talk enough as a society about the problem of intimate human cruelty…
“When you are insulted, the reason you can’t think of a rejoinder is not because you’re mentally slow or that you need a book that tells you how to deal with assholes. It’s because emotions move more quickly than thought…
“The last thing that’s ever arrived at is absolutely severing your ties with cruel people…
