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The person who runs my native plant restoration group told me about a practice where you every time you encounter something beautiful, you take 10 breaths to appreciate it. I think this can be expanded beyond what is beautiful to what is meaningful, even that which feels unbearable. When you encounter something painful, resist the urge to... See more
the new is what you haven't noticed
If there is one thing that I want to leave you with, it’s with a reminder that that decision is open to you too. Many well-funded and well-designed forces may be arrayed against this ability to move attention, and using it may require constant practice and maintenance against those forces, but it remains available for even the most despair- and... See more
the new is what you haven't noticed
When we voluntarily place ourselves in environments of bombardment and context collapse, administering shocks to ourselves over and over again all day, we are not just making it harder to focus. We are dragging our souls through the mud. A fearful mind has a narrow, impoverished lens on the world. Others become less real. We become less real. Whole... See more
the new is what you haven't noticed
the concept, popularized by danah boyd, of context collapse — what happens to information when it’s stripped of context and jumbled together. In short, the result is a profane meaninglessness that can short-circuit our ability not only to think, but to do anything at all.
the new is what you haven't noticed
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Reflecting on this email from a Sublime believer:
Consuming media has become a massive time-suck for humankind. Only decades ago, the average person had one source of information, if any — the newspaper. Journalists chronicled happenings relevant to their community. And that was it. Someone got married, someone is selling their house, someone died,
... See moreTech optimists keep promising us we’re just one innovation away from magically enhancing our capacity for connection and meaning. Meanwhile, the messy, unoptimisable business of being alive remains stubbornly resistant to algorithmic solutions, reminding us that our limitations are the very features that make our existence worthwhile
-Kai, Dense
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