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Bob Sucks written in concrete. Skokie, Illinois. September, 2023. © Clayton Hauck

Work is slow, I am hearing more and more. An increasing number of people have told me they have been job hunting for months now. Elections are coming and surely people will voice their frustrations at the ballot. On the surface, the economy feels fine but underneath it sure doesn’t. Yes Gaza is a nightmare but have you heard about Haiti? Have you heard about Sudan? The list is long.

I had this vision when LinkedIn introduced the “open to work” tag on people’s profile photo that one day soon you’d scroll through Linkedin and every account would have the banner listed on their image. Imagine if LinkedIn existed during the Great Depression… that kind of vibe. I don’t think we’re going in that extreme of a direction (though AI may beg to differ), but I do think the digitization of the economy exaggerates the negative aspects of things very efficiently, leading towards this ominous feeling.

I’m working on some more in-depth blog postings but I’ve been busy with life so today I offer you this concrete graffiti and doomy brain puke.

Negative thinking, yes, but sometimes you just need to vent ‘em.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Clayton