Diary of a Dissenter: A Week From My Window

'The end goal is . . . a world in which all of us ask the permission of technology to gain access to the physical world, access to culture and access to other human beings.’ — Naomi Wolf

The Last Liberal Standing?

SATURDAY

I took delivery of my new cross-aid hearing devices yesterday and today is my first full day of wearing them. I’m beginning to realise that my biggest problem might be restraining my expectations. They won’t replace my dead ear — I ‘know’ that in an abstract kind of way — but I sense already that I am anticipating some …