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Philip Traylen on Substack
In our present technological era, humans have also needed a new framework to avoid drowning in the daily firehose of entertainment, media, and information. Given this setting of increasing complexity, it becomes more appealing to use an associative concept like “vibes” as a simplifying framework for understanding or self-expression. If we can’t... See more
Alex Vuocolo • Nameless Feeling — Real Life
In our present technological era, humans have also needed a new framework to avoid drowning in the daily firehose of entertainment, media, and information. Given this setting of increasing complexity, it becomes more appealing to use an associative concept like “vibes” as a simplifying framework for understanding or self-expression. If we can’t... See more
Alex Vuocolo • Nameless Feeling — Real Life
Some might call this concatenation of elements a “vibe”: something that’s difficult to pin down precisely in words but that’s evoked by a loose collection of ideas, concepts, things that can be identified by intuition rather than by a prescribed logic.
Alex Vuocolo • Nameless Feeling — Real Life
Vibes are difficult to write about because the concept intentionally defies definition. Merriam Webster’s best attempt is “a distinctive feeling or quality capable of being sensed.” I agree, but I would add: not ev
eryone can sense it.