Seasons – The ordeals of change rushing towards us
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My copy of Eric Hoffer’s, The Ordeal of Change was published in 1976. I am re-reading it now, along with his, The True Believer, and along with that a whole collection of current writing all focused on what kind of creatures we are, and what kind of creatures we need to become, rather rapidly at that, if we are to manage all the ordeals of change that are rushing towards us. “It is my impression that no one really likes the new. We are afraid of it.” That is his opening.