{"product_id":"the-miscosity-manifesto-a-guide-to-flowing-smoothly-through-an-ultra-complex-world-9781929069033","title":"The MISCosity Manifesto: A Guide to Flowing Smoothly Through an Ultra-Complex World","description":"\u003cp\u003emini-essays on philosophy, pop culture, puns; profusely illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world's confusions aren't a bug. They're a feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything is weirder and more complex than our minds can imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon't fear chaos; embrace it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe don't need to tear the fabric of society apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBig business already did it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe need to sew it back together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDehumanizing \"The Other\" isn't just something \"those people\" do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverybody's \"weird.\" Nobody's \"superior.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLive as if the rules apply to you. Because they do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're going to do something, mean it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE MISCosity MANIFESTO is a guided tour through a bizarre, surreal, confounding place-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe world where we all live, and also the worlds of stories and the arts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts purpose: to teach a way of thinking, a way of living, a way of imagining, a way of working in the world, and a way of working toward a better world; all in snappy prose with lots of pictures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is hard to describe and harder to categorize, but easy to read and enjoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are going on a journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom outer space \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto the inner mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the past to the future, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor rather to many futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the imagined realms \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein books and movies \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto the realities of modern society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou're already on this journey.It's called life.Get better prepared for it.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumphrey, Clark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Clark Humphrey's books include LOSER: The Real Seattle Music Story (reissued by MISCmedia), Walking Seattle (from Adventure With Keen), and Vanishing Seattle and Seattle's Belltown (both from Arcadia Publishing). He writes a daily email newsletter about Seattle, its growth, and its contradictions at miscmedia.com.","brand":"Miscmedia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260018098450,"sku":"9781929069033","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5380557c-3d52-4d7e-ae08-afaebd42a429.jpg?v=1746634775","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-miscosity-manifesto-a-guide-to-flowing-smoothly-through-an-ultra-complex-world-9781929069033","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}