Ernest Borowski
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Ernest Borowski
Likes, comments, and shares almost completely boil down to a hallucination of action and importance. When we post about or reshare something that’s bigger than ourselves, we inherently feel we’re a part of it; that we’re actually aligned and/or part of the resistance. But unfortunately, unless your account has enormous scale (and even when it does)... See more
Social media is cooked
Even when we live in cities, and no matter how socially busy we are, social media feels like a way to remind others, as much as ourselves: “Here I am! I matter!” And if we stop using it, we (or I) wonder if we might simply disappear into the forest, never to be thought of again
Social media is cooked
The word “essay” has a brilliant etymological journey. It is derived from essayer in French, meaning ‘to endeavour’ or ‘to attempt’ or ‘to do one’s utmost.’ An essay, in other words, is a humble, tentative effort. When we write essays we are simply trying to explain our thoughts, trying to share our feelings, trying to connect with others.
If we don’t have a relationship with the living world, how are we going to protect it? We can know all the facts about climate change, but if we don’t love nature, if we really don’t have any relationship with other forms of life, how are we going to stand for them?
The Editors of Grow Magazine • Democratizing Biology through Informal Learning
Extinction Internet
Geert Lovink discusses the decline of internet culture, highlighting issues like entropy and platform dominance, while emphasizing the need for alternatives, degrowth, and a collective reimagining of digital spaces for a sustainable future.
networkcultures.org