Sean Monahan and Jordan Richman present ‘How We Survive A Plague’, a celebration of their creative community, and a striking cultural analysis – where are we now, and where do we go from here? "There has been a torrent of Corona-content. So much dead on arrival, already behind the curve that we are having so much trouble flattening. All of it pointing out our cultural pathology to post first, think later. All of it attributable to an incentive structure where being first matters more than being right. The hot take, the clapback, and the virtue signal are all a question of timing. Sending the right tweet, sharing the right story, doing it at the exact right moment in the media cycle to maximise both impressions and engagement. " "Reality has become episodic. Each day has a new set of scandals, each scandal more terrible than the last. Our leaders look like con-artists (see: WeWork), paedophiles and rapists (see: US presidential candidates), and incompetent imbeciles (see: literally every fucking one). And for so long, we could distract ourselves with our lives and our work. We could comfort ourselves with the convenient lie that we live in a meritocracy. So the monsters in our feeds must be doing something right? Well, if you still think that… I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn." "The world is full of small wonders, and our collective boredom is leading us to discover them. Alone in our homes, we can’t maintain the fiction that we’re all starring in our own private movie: our morning commute was not a high speed chase, our hook-ups were not great romances, our enemies were not scheming sociopaths. We are people again, with no choice but to confront who we are and the choices we are making. Maybe it will make us stronger people. We can always hope."