Sunday Paper - Sortition and Slowing Down

I have read some of Seth Godin's books and was1 an avid reader of his daily blog posts. The blog posts always contain bits of wisdom. In his post, As slow as possible, Seth reminds us that in a fast-paced world, embracing time's slow journey requires discipline.

Mastering exposure is key for better results in film photography, ensuring fidelity, colour control, and reducing post-processing work. In this 2022 post, How to Make Perfect Exposures on Film, Analog Cafe’s Dmitri offers a guide that covers tools, techniques, and the impact of various film types and dynamic ranges.

I think that career politicians (perhaps aided by late capitalism)2 have hijacked current forms of democracy and no longer work to represent the will of the people. A short video on sortition suggests an alternative to elections.


  1. Two pre-COVID pandemic surgeries and the pandemic itself disrupted my "normal" in so many ways. I am slowly returning to certain habits as part of a new normal. Reading and reflecting on Seth’s daily blog was part of my old normal. 
  2. The term late capitalism was first used by German economist Werner Sombart.