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We are at war with the opposites; we reject any opposite that doesn’t match our image of ourselves, and we don’t realize something very important: in reality, there are no opposites. Opposites are a creation of the mind.
Jeff Foster • The Deepest Acceptance
The deeper problem, then, is not social media or chatbots. It’s curvilinear mazes. If we can avoid following smooth spirals to nowhere, and instead take sharp turns to clear destinations, we can stay aware and keep track of time. We could even learn to use social media and chatbots — two incredibly useful technologies — in a way that enriches our... See more
How Social Media Shortens Your Life
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw
When we ‘see’ a landscape, we situate ourselves in it. If we ‘saw’ the art of the past, we would situate ourselves in history. When we are prevented from seeing it, we are being deprived of the history which belongs to us. Who benefits from this deprivation? In the end, the art of the past is being mystified because a privileged minority is
... See moreJohn Berger • Ways of Seeing
How to Speak
youtu.beTheoretically, a social media feed should heighten awareness and memory, and dilate time, because it selects for content that’s exciting, outrageous, and scary. And yet we seldom remember such content. The reason for this discrepancy is simple: when every post is alarming, your brain quickly becomes desensitised, and starts to interpret alarming... See more
How Social Media Shortens Your Life
Gruen effect
How Social Media Shortens Your Life
a psychological phenomenon where entering a store or mall, with its intentionally designed, overwhelming environment, causes consumers to lose their original purpose and become more susceptible to impulse purchases
