Human Stuff
the messiness of what it means to be human, with all of its messiness and complexities
by sari and · updated 3d ago
Human Stuff
- Not using a phone taught me what a phone is really for. It’s not for communicating with other people, getting directions, reading articles, looking at pictures, shopping for products, or playing games. A phone is a device for muting the anxieties proper to being alive. This is what all its functions and features ultimately achieve: cameras deliver ... See more
sari added 7mo ago
- Being a human is not always easy. Luckily there are dogs and cats and squirrels and birds and trees and friends and cousins and good books and chocolate and new Beyoncé songs to help us along the way.
phoebe added 7mo ago
- the human role in bringing soul to content will become more important (not less).
from The New Stack of Entertainment, Tensions of the AI Age, & Navigating Cambrian Explosions by Scott Belsky
sari added 8mo ago
- A man who lies to himself is often the first to take offense.
— Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazovfrom Tweet by Dylano | Essayful
simon added 8mo ago
Birth is one of a growing chorus of philosophers, social scientists, authors and artists who, for various reasons, are arguing that we need to urgently reassess our relationship with the clock. The clock, they say, does not measure time; it produces it. “Coordinated time is a mathematical construct, not the measure of a specific phenomenon,” Birth
... See morefrom The Tyranny of Time | NOEMA by noemamag.com
simon added 8mo ago
Our professional and technological capabilities have been increasing exponentially, but our ability to use them wisely has not. We are building vast, complex civilizations, but that very complexity is in danger of overwhelming us, creating huge and unintended consequences for the planet and all those that inhabit it.
from What the Mind Has to Do With the Climate Crisis by Christine Wamsler
simon added 8mo ago
- I recently had a friend drop by to pick up her Girl Scout cookies and my house was A.MESS. Four loads of laundry on the couch including my underwear (clean) and a box containing our cats ashes on the coffee table because it had been under the Christmas tree because she liked trees and my daughter thought it was fitting.
Anyway my friend just brushe... See morefrom Friday Thread: What's Keeping Us Out of Others' Business? by Anne Helen Petersen
Natalie Audelo added 8mo ago
- Keep enemies, hatred, and suffering in perspective. Love and hate, likes and dislikes, and fear, insecurity, uncertainty, and feelings of threat are common to our human psychology. Enemies abound, particularly for those who are vulnerable. But our brains were built for survival, not happiness, so often they collect negative information and dangers,... See more
from Six Tips for Loving Your Enemies
simon added 9mo ago
- “It’s getting ever harder to distinguish humans from bots, not just because bots are becoming more humanlike, but also because humans are becoming more botlike.”
from For Paid Subscribers (December 2023) by Gurwinder
sari added 9mo ago