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DESCRIPTION:\nFor our October, 2025 meeting we will be reading and discussing the first 
 three chapters of The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall 
 Apart (The CBC Massey Lectures) by Astra Taylor (Amazon) (Verso Books).  
 For our November meeting we will finish the book.\nFinalist, 2024 Governor 
 General's Literary Award for Nonfiction\nFinalist, 2024 Writers' Trust 
 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing\nThese days, everyone feels 
 insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The 
 status quo isn’t working for anyone, even those who appear to have it 
 all. What is going on?\nIn this urgent cultural diagnosis, author and 
 activist Astra Taylor exposes how seemingly disparate crises―rising 
 inequality and declining mental health, the ecological emergency, and the 
 threat of authoritarianism―originate from a social order built on 
 insecurity. From home ownership and education to the wellness industry and 
 policing, many of the institutions and systems that promise to make us more 
 secure actually undermine us.\nMixing social critique, memoir, history, 
 political analysis, and philosophy, this genre-bending book rethinks both 
 insecurity and security from the ground up. By facing our existential 
 insecurity and embracing our vulnerability, Taylor argues, we can begin to 
 develop more caring, inclusive, and sustainable forms of security to help 
 us better weather the challenges ahead. The Age of Insecurity will 
 transform how you understand yourself and society―while illuminating a 
 path toward meaningful change.\nStrike Debt Bay Area hosts this 
 non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic 
 thinking. Our first book was  Doughnut Economics, and our most recent book 
 was Elinor Ostrom's Rules for Radicals. For the rest of our reading list 
 see here.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/09/08/18879668.php
SUMMARY:Strike Debt Bay Area Book Grp: The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart
LOCATION:Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online 
 invite.  All are welcome!
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/09/08/18879668.php
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