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All That Is Solid Melts Into Information
Though we already observe certain conventional rituals such as weddings, birthdays, funerals, and holidays, many people feel an emptiness around these occasions because of how tied to consumerism and religion they have become.
Toko-pa Turner • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves home
What we need most are temporal structures that stabilize life. When everything is short-term, life loses all stability. Stability comes over long stretches of time: faithfulness, bonds, integrity, commitment, promises, trust. These are the social practices that hold a community together. They all have a ritual character. They all require a lot of t... See more
NOEMA • All That Is Solid Melts Into Information
Vervaeke clip on Tim Ferris: The church, the temple, and the mosque used to be places where an “ecology of practices” had a home. It was less about socializing, or communicating, but communing. People would mutually conform to set of rituals and words that would transform themselves, enhancing religio, sacredness, and an awareness of the depths of
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