I’m still holding out for Netflix to snap up the rights to By the Feet of Men and turn it into a mediocre movie that gets pushed for a week and then quietly disappears. In the meantime, there is this two-minute video.
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Interview with Klimat:ekot about By the Feet of Men
When I was at the We Don’t Have Time climate conference back in sunny April, I had an interview with the journalist Elin Leyonberg for Klimat:ekot, a podcast about climate change. We talked about how fiction can help to convey the fears surrounding global warming, how it differs from scientific communication and why dystopian fiction is important. I also gave a hot take on By the Feet of Men, incorrectly said that Walden was written in the 1700s, stitched up my parents and literally said the words “framework on which to hang ideas”. Then I disappeared up myself.
Check out nine minutes of a smiling guy in a polo neck below.
(PS: I’m sorry for slamming you, Berlin artists. My answer was off the cuff, arrogant and presumptive. In penance, I’ll attend all your exhibitions and look at all your photos of your friends with asymmetrical haircuts doing moody poses in your whitewashed bedroom.)