In defence of the hippies

Emma Briggs
5 min readFeb 15, 2018
Marc Riboud 1967

In this fast-changing world, I’ve been so busy trying to keep up with technology that it’s taken me some time to notice that our ideas and values are morphing as well. My neurones probably aren’t firing as fast as they used to, but I’ve gradually become aware that activist culture has shifted around me and some of the developments make me a little uneasy.

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Emma Briggs

Australian writer, environmental activist, hang-gliding assistant & former sailor, journalist & clown. Poetry collection available now. www.emmabriggs.net