Change and Chapters

The Cult Of Can't

Aurelien | Trying To Understand The World | 8th October 2025

To change society for the better, people have to believe that said change is possible. This is no longer the case, it is argued here. Left-wingers and right-wingers alike have ceased to subscribe to the "myth of progress". The result is ever greater individualism and a version of life as a zero-sum game. "When everything is too difficult, let’s concentrate on dividing up the spoils: at least we know how to do that" (5,500 words)

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Just A Little Longer

Joshua Barnes | Sydney Review Of Books | 7th August 2025

Why are books divided into chapters? This history of "literary segmentation" runs from the New Testament to the 21C. The great characters in this story are Laurence Sterne, author of Tristram Shandy, James Joyce and B.S. Johnson, all of whom created works with intriguing taxonomies. The chapter is a unit of time and, with this tool, a writer can shape "the reader’s experience of temporality" (7,500 words)