Cura's Gift — Astra Taylor on The Age of Insecurity (Massey Lecture 1)

Who was Cura and what's she got to do with how capitalism shapes our lives and psyches? In this year's thought-provoking CBC Massey lectures, renowned Canadian-American filmmaker, writer, political organiser, rock musician  and self-described 'feral intellectual' Astra Taylor explores how our society is now driven by a 'manufactured insecurity'. Fundamental to the human condition is a sense of existential insecurity — the sense that we are all vulnerable and dependent on each other. But manufactured security came later, and Astra Taylor argues it needs an urgent rethink, for the sake of us all.