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The Case for Silence
So today, will you be part of the problem or part of the solution? Will you hear the wisdom of the world or drown it out with more noise?
Stephen Hanselman • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
And the problem is that every time you go on Twitter/Instagram/etc., you lose hours. Not because you're browsing for hours but because those spaces agitate the mind, and it becomes nearly impossible to get back into contemplative mode. The spirit of Sublime is very much about rescuing that lost intentionality—and making space for thinking—without l... See more
Lauren Crichton • #82: Connecting dots, cultivating intention, and building a more human internet
There seem to be two distinct concerns for Illich. The first is that we lose the commons of which silence is an integral part and thus a measure of freedom and agency. The second, concurrent with the first, is that you and I may find it increasingly hard to be heard even as we are given more and more tools with which to speak. Alternatively, we mig... See more
L. M. Sacasas • Impossible Silences - The Convivial Society
What if we spent less time shouting into the void and being washed over with shouting in return-and more time talking in rooms to those for whom our words are intended? If we have only so much attention to give, and only so much time on this earth, we might want to think about reinfusing our attention and our communication with the intention that b... See more
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
We’re riddled with pointless talk, insane quantities of words and images. Stupidity’s never blind or mute. So it’s not a problem of getting people to express themselves but of providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find something to say.