Dignity Isn’t a Countdown: When “Safety” Starts Feeling Like Control

There has always been kindness. There has always been tragedy and foolishness and miracles.

The difference now is that fear travels faster.

It’s on your phone in five seconds. It’s in your neighbor’s post with a siren emoji. It’s in people’s imaginations before it’s in their actual lives.

And suddenly, the mere idea of something bad happening becomes continue reading …