Before “Florida Man” became a meme; a punchline used to caricature the state as backwards, and beyond saving, Florida was—and remains—a place of resistance. In her book When No Thing Works: A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse, Norma Wong teaches us that the Chinese word for “crisis” combines two characters: danger and…

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