"The Sparrows Know Better: A Poem About Our Digital Commons"

Or... lift your head.

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“Eastern philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti,26 who explained: “It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a sick society.”

Where once the village well drew thirsty souls
Together in their common need to drink,
We now draw water from our private sink
Of data, each alone. The system rolls
Like millstones, grinding separat…