Books

I'm starting to read Cruel Optimism by Lauren Berlant, which goes into how sometimes what we desire are obstacles against our own success. The American Dream is an example, which is unobtainable to most, but nonetheless they try, and end up in a constant state of crisis while trying to achieve it. Also Berlant argues in this process people don't attach to ideological underpinnings as much as they attach to the emotional quality of these desires and the relationships we form around them. And also, when our fantasies erode and fail around us and we don't see an alternative, this is a turning point to overcome. So far it's a dense read, i'm almost done with chapter 1, but I may have taken on too much!