I’d say look to Czechoslovakia for a model of what’s to come, and start reading Kundera. The network of informants and sycophants will be how institutions purge the non-like minded, as personal ambition is weaponized against its employees.

Lol… there you go.

I was going to say this! Lol. Sharing music is an amazing way to connect with people - like sharing coffee.

Was listening to a conversation about DP yesterday and the person talking made the point that Deep Purple’s dominant instrument (musical bedrock) was John Lord’s organ… and if you shift your listening perspective that way it totally changes how you perceive the band…