Audrey Savage
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Audrey Savage
“the majestic sight of the universe was like the music made material” - the 3 body problem
i think men are so horny because of an existential loneliness. this boils down even to the biological. they must spread their seed as far and wide. otherwise they risk the erasure of their own existence. in order to connect and feel like they will be remembered, they behave this way. but most women have deeper ties to the earth, and thus know that
... See moreWe are perhaps the most “living-above-the-shoulders-behind-the-eyes-and-between-the-ears” culture that has ever existed, and despite this we are directly lifting instructions that were meant for people whose sense of self was much more distributed in other parts of the body. For western audiences, investigating our thoughts tends to lead us to the... See more
River Kenna • What is Somatic Meditation?
So how is it that we have entered into our most digitally connected age ever yet loneliness is at an all-time high?
A few things come to mind:
A few things come to mind:
- The new ways we connect lack depth
- We face information overload from too many people we don't care much about
- We move locations and jobs more often
- Information is decentralized: we go to technology for
What the Loneliness Epidemic Says About the Way We Connect
“from the perspective of aesthetics, i must be right and the universe must be wrong” - the 3 body problem
A fundamental paradox at the core of human life is that we are highly social and made better in every way by being around people,” Epley said. “And yet over and over, we have opportunities to connect that we don’t take, or even actively reject, and it is a terrible mistake.”
Derek Thompson • The Anti-Social Century
“The quantified self, meanwhile, turns our sensations into data, measurable signals. We know the heart beats, but we no longer feel it.” – Marie Dollé
Thomas Klaffke • Forgotten bodies in a headspace world
The place we generally start is with the body. Do you trust it? Are you aware of its signals? Do you know how to take your phenomenology seriously and move your finger? Ironically, putting our minds before our bodies pushes us to a default where our mental pre conceptions pre empt our direct experience. We ignore the reality before us, because it... See more
Sadalsuud • It's Called "Woo" Because It's Fun
we live in a truly strange world. i don’t think people stop enough to think about that. so much that we have built doesn’t align with our human psychology. so many of us are controlled by cognitive biases