slowing down as a punk act of rebellion
by alexi gunner · updated 8d ago
slowing down as a punk act of rebellion
- The basic rule is this: technology doesn't make our lives easier. It makes them faster and more crammed with stuff.
from Tech Doesn’t Make Our Lives Easier. It Makes Them Faster by Brett Scott
alexi gunner added 13d ago
“It’s refreshing to have someone that is challenging what birding is, and isn't super restrictive,” Lezcano said. "It isn't just about collecting Pokémon. It's about being present and observing your environment and watching how things play out, rather than just ticking off how many birds you've seen.”
from In Greenpoint, a Wacky New Birding Group Is Ruffling Some Feathers by https://gothamist.com/staff/kenneal-patterson
alexi gunner added 13d ago
In a recent publication, I propose that nature experiences offer a potential solution to the increasingly widespread feelings of time scarcity caused by contemporary urban lifestyles
from Feed Detail Update by Thomas Klaffke
alexi gunner added 13d ago
- People are going to start aggressively revoking access to their attention.
Ping minimalism is coming.from Anu Atluru on Substack
alexi gunner added 14d ago
- - “The duration of felt experience is between two and three seconds …. Everything before belongs to memory; everything after is anticipation. It’s a strange, barely fathomable fact that our lives are lived through this small, moving window.”
from Being in Time by Paul Bloom
alexi gunner added 20d ago
- He recommends using mindfulness to help savour leisure experiences. “It expands your subjective perception of time (i.e., you feel like you have more of it) and enhances memory formation, which means you’ll not only feel like your vacations lasted longer, but you’ll remember them a lot better.”
from The way we view free time is making us less happy by bbc
alexi gunner added 20d ago
- In the past, our timekeeping systems were synchronized with the systems of the earth. The rhythms and seasons of nature help us orient and make sense of when we are. Digital media has warped our subjective sense of time and thrown us into a state of atemporal confusion. Aside from surface-level features like “dark mode,” digital temporality is blin... See more
from The garden of forking memes: how digital media distorts our sense of time by Aaron Z. Lewis
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- Researchers speculated that the experience of awe might increase participants’ sense of time-availability, which might in turn lead people to act more generously with their time, and enhance overall well-being.
from How Awe Stops Your Clock by Jesse Graham
alexi gunner added 20d ago
- “In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.”
from A quote from The Art of Stillness
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