Hyperconnectivity – Aug. 7, 2020
“One time I listened to Farmer give a talk on HIV to a class at the Harvard School of Public Health, and in the midst of reciting data, he mentioned the Haitian phrase “looking for life, destroying life,” Then he explained, “It’s an expression Haitians use if a poor woman selling mangoes falls off a […]
Cynicism – Aug. 6, 2020
“Among a coward’s weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all.” –Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains
“God gives but doesn’t share” – Aug. 5, 2020
“How could a just God permit great misery? The Haitian peasants answered with a proverb: “Bondye konn bay, men li pa konn separe.” In literal translation, “God gives but doesn’t share.” This meant… God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he’s not the one who’s supposed to divvy up the loot. That […]
Ambivalence – Aug. 4, 2020
“I think Farmer taps into a universal anxiety and also into a fundamental place in some troubled consciences, into what he calls “ambivalence,” the often unacknowledged uneasiness that some of the fortunate feel about their place in the world, the thing he once told me he designed his life to avoid.” –Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond […]
