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Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney

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Maybe you’ve felt, in recent times, that the world has become a more uncertain place.

Conflict, change, crisis. Political chancers and snake-oil salesmen crowding the public stage. Extremists and ideologues tugging at the already frayed fabric of civil society. Modern-day robber barons cosplaying at philanthropy, cosying up to whichever demagogue happens to be closest to hand. Transnational conglomerates growing larger, richer and impossibly powerful – minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day. Everything speeding up and spinning out of alignment.

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