Kirsten
@rootyarn
Following threads of not knowing and seeing what structures they form. Delighting in the pulse of life and the moment. Trusting in living systems, the cosmos and the trip that is life.
Kirsten
rootyarn.com
It means that the really important sort of censorship we ought to worry about pertains less to the management of information, and more to the management of attention.
James Williams • Stand Out of Our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy
from ‘Stand out of our Light’ by James Wilson Williams
− Subtraction & Depth
“As platforms combust around us, brands are frantically asking, “Where to next?”.... See more
We’ve done a familiar dance for over a decade: users have jumped from blogs to Myspace to Facebook to Instagram to Snapchat to TikTok, and brands and ads have duly followed, collecting ever more data on our lives along the way. [...]
But what if
Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #103
From Rabbit Holes newsletter
Open Source Ecology | Future Builders Academy – Planet Earth Generic Website Template
learn.opensourceecology.org
Future Building Curriculum by dude with fusion physics degree - looks useful
As Fritjof Capra says: a machine can be controlled, a living system can only be disturbed. At best, we will find ways of carefully nudging a living system. According to Donella Meadows, we must find its leverage points, those pivots that allow us to influence system behavior. Most importantly: after each cautious inter- vention, we must patiently... See more
Understanding Living Systems
And silence is one of the great victims of modern culture. We live in an intense and visually aggressive age; everything is drawn outwards towards the sensation of the image. Because culture is becoming ever more homogenized and universalist, image has such power. With the continued netting of everything, chosen images can immediately attain
... See moreJohn O'Donohue • Anam Cara: 25th Anniversary Edition
The Insular Cortex
The insular cortex plays a key role in how the body registers interoceptive awareness. The insula is the "interoception center of the brain" (Mahler, 2017). The insular cortex plays a vital role in several activities:
The insular cortex plays a key role in how the body registers interoceptive awareness. The insula is the "interoception center of the brain" (Mahler, 2017). The insular cortex plays a vital role in several activities:
- The perception of pain
- The primary emotions from happiness, joy, anger, and disgust
- Awareness of bodily states