The annual US tradition of the “State of the Union” address is an interesting exercise in narrative. Last night’s rendition was apparently the “State of the Disunion.”
Whatever it is, it is one person’s story. Maybe we could give everyone the week off so there could be a week of narratives on all levels, charging rich multi-perspective dialogue and reflection rather than a few minutes of anemic counter-party rebuttal to one man’s narrative.
A more intelligent Union would never take any two people’s narratives as significant. It matters how we reflect as a nation and could actually take the whole process more seriously in its design.
