Deep Time ♾️
Swimming in the liminal space that connects past and future
Deep Time ♾️
The Ouroboros is an ancient symbol of a snake eating its own tail that symbolises an everlasting cycle.
“Productivity advice promises the ability to extend the capacity of an hour to encompass more work, more production , than it could otherwise hold. Our productivity hacks are like little time machines, allowing us to double up on each minute of the day. One might understandably expect this to make time feel as if it's slowing down, becoming denser,... See more
Thomas Klaffke • Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #109
“Now... is the time to ‘retreat’ into the real work of reclamation, to re-member again our humanity through the intimacy of our relationships. The time is very urgent – we must slow down.” - Bayo Akomolafe
Shawn Westcott • The Cycles of Modern Life: Urgency, Control, and the Illusion of Comfort
“Run, run always faster, not to reach an objective, but to maintain the status quo, to simply remain in the same place.” - Hartmut Rosa
Shawn Westcott • The Cycles of Modern Life: Urgency, Control, and the Illusion of Comfort
The Tyranny of Urgency
Our bodies were never designed for the constant state of emergency we now call daily life. With each notification ping, each rushed commute, each "urgent" email, our nervous systems surge with cortisol and adrenaline—hormones meant for true fight-or-flight situations, not the endless cascade of artificial crises we've created.... See more
Our bodies were never designed for the constant state of emergency we now call daily life. With each notification ping, each rushed commute, each "urgent" email, our nervous systems surge with cortisol and adrenaline—hormones meant for true fight-or-flight situations, not the endless cascade of artificial crises we've created.... See more
Shawn Westcott • The Cycles of Modern Life: Urgency, Control, and the Illusion of Comfort
In the quiet moments before dawn, when the world should still be wrapped in the gentle embrace of darkness, millions of us are jolted awake by the harsh cry of alarm clocks. This daily violence against our natural rhythms is not merely an inconvenience—it is a symptom of a deeper malady that plagues our modern existence, one that manifests in three... See more
The Cycles of Modern Life: Urgency, Control, and the Illusion of Comfort
“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”