But another aspect of the debt extension crisis deserves notice too – the totality and immediacy of its impact.

Source: https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/05/steering-the-titanic-into-the-iceberg/

Each story is told in the first-person, and carries with it a sense of immediacy – sort of like the dramatic monologues in Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads (which I also really love), but with all the anxiety and heightened stress of modern life.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23863460.pictish-trails-johnny-lynch-shares-favourite-things-life/?ref=rss

His paintings ambitiously mix contemporary settings, pop immediacy and history.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/04/going-out-staying-complete-guide-to-this-weeks-entertainment

In my mind I felt myself receding from the immediacy of life — a fog of gray between me and the world.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2023-07-20/death-meditation-helps-you-rethink-a-life-well-lived

It’s beyond all the intellect … it’s this wonderment, this immediacy of being touched and moved.”

Source: https://tuftsdaily.com/arts/2023/04/04/pianist-eric-lu-shares-thoughts-on-mozart-boston-classical-music-ahead-of-bso-performance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pianist-eric-lu-shares-thoughts-on-mozart-boston-classical-music-ahead-of-bso-perf

Most of her readers will be caught up in the immediacy of her children’s voices, moved by their sufferings and resilience.

Source: https://insidestory.org.au/writing-history-in-dark-places/

Sure, he also streams on Twitch and makes YouTube videos and podcasts, but those don’t provide the immediacy of X. “I just don’t know what’s going to replace it.”

Source: https://www.wired.com/story/x-twitter-rebrand-dead/

“That immediacy of action and feeling that free as a dark-skinned Black woman felt anarchistic, which I loved.

Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rye-lane-rom-com-david-jonsson-vivian-oparah_n_642f2c0ae4b0c2da1505e541

The Internet Age, in all its guises, is squarely where we find ourselves, and while the immediacy and ease of available information is beyond any previous generation’s wildest imaginings, access to it is a long way from universal.

Source: https://wan-ifra.org/2023/09/access-to-information-must-remain-a-fundamental-right/