“Some say the answer is as simple as dopamine, and on this model, the problem with us for which we must take responsibility is simply that we ourselves are machines, lower-level, in fact — already! — than our own, still doubtless quite primitive, artificial automated attention aggregation hubs (AAAAH!).
“What kind of answers do we get, though, when we cling stubbornly to the persistent (albeit besieged) reality of our human being?”
Excellent! In the substack waters in which I tread, occasionally I see posts which basically say, given this and such, what is to be done? I am never able to contribute much to those conversations, because I have no idea what we should "do." Nor do I think at this point any action will make much difference. The sense the decline I feel is palpable. We are in the quickening phase, and there is no going back. Therefore, I take guidance from the words of Uncle Ellis in No Country for Old Men: "You can't stop what's coming. They ain't all waiting on you." Therefore, count me in as one who has given up, and as someone who is patiently waiting to see what is coming next. I expect it to be soon.
It occurs to me that Substack’s doing this to me too. So much time spent deciding should I read this or ignore it, should I subscribe to this or not, that I wonder if I might not be better off just deleting the app, along with all the crap on my phone. I am increasingly and have been over the last 2 or 3 years feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, guilt and depression which seems to have no root in me, that is somehow penetrating me from outside. Only daily meditation keeps me sane and relatively grounded.
Apropos article James. Dare I paraphrase? Why not.... We gorge on an orgy of “decisions” in a haze of pseudo empowerment. Enthusiastically and neurotically reaching after the great deceiver’s big tech sponsored “choices” without even taking the time to analyze the consequences of said choices before fetching the next self absorbed decision hit. Am I over the target?
As it appears you are aware of... we all must reject the self and live The Way. It is the only path where the true Fruits are cultivated. All else is rubbish and leads to our destruction.
“Some say the answer is as simple as dopamine, and on this model, the problem with us for which we must take responsibility is simply that we ourselves are machines, lower-level, in fact — already! — than our own, still doubtless quite primitive, artificial automated attention aggregation hubs (AAAAH!).
“What kind of answers do we get, though, when we cling stubbornly to the persistent (albeit besieged) reality of our human being?”
We get death.
Excellent! In the substack waters in which I tread, occasionally I see posts which basically say, given this and such, what is to be done? I am never able to contribute much to those conversations, because I have no idea what we should "do." Nor do I think at this point any action will make much difference. The sense the decline I feel is palpable. We are in the quickening phase, and there is no going back. Therefore, I take guidance from the words of Uncle Ellis in No Country for Old Men: "You can't stop what's coming. They ain't all waiting on you." Therefore, count me in as one who has given up, and as someone who is patiently waiting to see what is coming next. I expect it to be soon.
It occurs to me that Substack’s doing this to me too. So much time spent deciding should I read this or ignore it, should I subscribe to this or not, that I wonder if I might not be better off just deleting the app, along with all the crap on my phone. I am increasingly and have been over the last 2 or 3 years feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, guilt and depression which seems to have no root in me, that is somehow penetrating me from outside. Only daily meditation keeps me sane and relatively grounded.
Apropos article James. Dare I paraphrase? Why not.... We gorge on an orgy of “decisions” in a haze of pseudo empowerment. Enthusiastically and neurotically reaching after the great deceiver’s big tech sponsored “choices” without even taking the time to analyze the consequences of said choices before fetching the next self absorbed decision hit. Am I over the target?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zj2uZO7xnus
As it appears you are aware of... we all must reject the self and live The Way. It is the only path where the true Fruits are cultivated. All else is rubbish and leads to our destruction.
John 12:24-26 NIV
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