Thought provoking
The correct response to uncertainty is mythmaking. It always was. Not punditry, allegory, or mandate, but mythmaking. The creation of stories. We are tuned to do so, right down to our bones. The bewilderment, vivacity, and downright slog of life requires it. And such emerging art forms are not to cure or even resolve uncertainty but to deepen into ... See more
Martin Shaw • Navigating the Mysteries
What if we reframed “living with uncertainty” to “navigating mystery”? There’s more energy in that phrase. The hum of imaginative voltage. And is our life not a mystery school, a seat of earthy instruction?
Martin Shaw • Navigating the Mysteries
An ‘epistemic bubble’ is an informational network from which relevant voices have been excluded by omission . That omission might be purposeful: we might be selectively avoiding contact with contrary views because, say, they make us uncomfortable. As social scientists tell us, we like to engage in selective exposure, seeking out information that co... See more
C Thi Nguyen • Why it’s as hard to escape an echo chamber as it is to flee a cult | Aeon Essays
About two years ago, following a persistent hunch, I visited a local forest for 101 days, primarily to listen. An extended vigil. I sat by a hazel bush in the rain and the coming dark and did little. I would offer a gift then quieten down and try and catch the mood of the day. It proved to be the most exacting, even eviscerating, of experiences.
Martin Shaw • Navigating the Mysteries
interesting experiment, I’d like something similar if I lived near nature
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
Erin Glasstwitter.comIn adulthood, finding community is really hard and requires effort. It tends to have cost attached to it (book clubs, cafes, bars, even now the silly little Eventbrite events specific to meet people)
All Relationships Are Transactional
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commodification of community is such a sad part of late-stage capitalism. University is one of the last times in life most of us are able to access community, for “free”
Move from seeing to beholding : To see a situation is to catch the facts of the matter. To behold it is to witness the story. If you dwell entirely with statistics and data, you will be a burnt match within months. Move from just seeing the world to beholding the world. Seeing is assessment and analysis; beholding is wonder and curiosity.