We are not ready for what’s coming, and we still think we’re fine… … and yet we do not realize how much we are f*cked. Not mildly inconvenienced. Not challenged. Effed in the quiet, structural way that only becomes obvious when it is already irreversible. In the Philippines, flooding has been downgraded from crisis to background noise. It is something
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Here we go again. The Senate’s Konektadong Pinoy Bill (Senate Bill No. 2699) promises to connect every Filipino. A noble dream, like curing poverty by committee hearing. They called it “digital inclusion.” I call it Broadband Press Release 2.0. We passed the Free Wi-Fi for All Act in 2017. What did we get? Free lag for all. Free buffering. Free
— What We Have Is Not a Strategy. It’s a Souvenir. Let’s start with a fable. Once upon a time in the archipelago, a group of technocrats asked the nation:“Where do you want to be in 25 years?” And the people said:We want to be secure.We want to be comfortable.We want to be respected, healthy, together, whole.We want jobs that