The Work of Hope
My notebook
“Keep one notebook,” the book says. “By the last page, that notebook will hold your personal map of the system and your plan for living inside it.” Here it is: every practice in the book, in one place.
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Chapter 1 · Read the chapter
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Reality Mapping
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The fracture: what I feel right now
Step 1. The immediate cause
Step 2. The systemic cause: what system allows this to happen?
Step 3. The beneficiary: who profits from this fracture?
One collective step I could take
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Chapter 2 · Read the chapter
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The Democracy Inventory
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My inventory
The Promise: what the brand story says I have The Reality: my experience in the last year The Gap: who or what stood in the way
Which of my “rights” are actually purchases?
Which are conditional on my behaviour or identity?
One finding I will share, and with whom
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Chapter 3 · Read the chapter
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Follow the Money
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The bill that causes me anxiety
I pay (how much, and to whom)
I feel (shame, fear, anger) because
Where the money goes, and what I found about their profit
Why is this price allowed to be this high?
My reframe: “I am not failing. I am being extracted from…”
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Chapter 10 · Read the chapter
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Global Pattern Recognition
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The moral panic or restrictive law in my news feed
Step 1. The specific language being used here
Step 2. Where the same phrase or policy appears elsewhere in the world
Step 3. Who benefits from this synchronisation?
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Chapter 12 · Read the chapter
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The “Asterisk” Method
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A statistic being used to praise my country or community
The asterisk: the invisible context the number hides
The statistic I will asterisk tomorrow
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Chapter 15 · Read the chapter
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Score Your Own Country
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The comparison: where my numbers and Freedom House or the EIU diverge most
The check: who else scored it, and where we disagreed
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