About this episode
Javier Truben reflects on personal struggles with writing and societal issues amidst climate change and digital distractions.
As the dog days struck in August, I declined a gig to record audiobooks. And I was so low that I didn’t stop thinking, not even when I did laps in the Olympic pool. Climate change, many hellish summers this century, seas infested with microplastics and jellyfish and anisakis. And prawns expensive as f**k. I have no choice but to buy an AC if I want to work during the next summer. What world is this, how have we fucked it up so soon? I grew up loving books and wanting to write them myself. When I began handwriting, the words flew away. They were whispers, secrets, confessions to a blank page. I never kept a copy because I thought that the original was not original if there was a copy. It was just the other way around. All that is relevant is copy. And no story is relevant without a good conflict. That’s how foolish we are, looking for a fix, eternally head bowed, showing a goofy smile, with the tip of the finger scrolling into a cesspool. Click bait, scroll down, link here, fake news. So intoxicated with notifications. Last time you walked with a book on the street, no one filmed you. And it was lost forever. Don’t overthink, don’t you dare to write anything controversial, be…
People in this episode
Host: Javier Truben
Topics covered
- climate change
- audiobooks
- writing
- conflict
- digital distractions
- society
Keywords
- audiobooks
- climate change
- writing
- digital distractions
- society
- conflict
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