Indoors. A plastic Starbucks container of iced green tea and a dented, silver reusable Klean Kanteen brand water bottle sit on a dark wood grain table. To the left of them, two brown Starbucks napkins are soaked with liquid and ice. Other customers in the background.

The “Imperative of Efficiency” and The Importance of Interdependence

“The experience of illness is one of dependency, and the social mores of our day regard dependency as weakness.” — New York Times review of Megan O’Rourke’s The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness   The Starbucks iced green tea and