Fixing to Die — Real Life

What would an “abolish not reform” approach to tech look like?

Fixing to Die What would an “abolish not reform” approach to tech look like? Jack Bandy July 19, 2021 share Image: Police Presence by Andre Elliott . Courtesy the artist. http://reallifemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Fixing-to-Die.mp3 Full-text audio version of this essay. In a recent piece for the New Yorker, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor describe d the police violence that came in the waning days of Derek Chauvin’s trial for the murder of George Floyd. As some celebrated the apparent resolution of one atrocity, other atrocities were just beginning the all-too-familiar cycle: Docume

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