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CLASH

CLASH

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Sep 15, 2017

Lumad and Moro delegates of Lakbayan of National Minorities clash with police forces as they pushed their way towards the US Embassy in Manila on Friday, September 15. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Echo chamber of mines

Echo chamber of mines

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Sep 14, 2017

By design and by default, enclosed concrete spaces heavily secured in built structures exclude. Insiders isolate themselves from the wild natural world outside. They validate each other’s truths and cement their beliefs, so they only receive dubious outsiders, who undergo security checks, satisfy decorum requirements and speak the language. Voices harmonize and synchronize to the point of unison, as if hearing a fellow insider’s voice is no different from hearing one’s own, conjuring delusions of grandeur and visions of the future under the industry they thought they have built with their own hands. Their noble vocation, essential. Their technological knowledge, absolute. Their corporate confidence, intact. Thus, they tremble and panic when proven wrong.