I wonder if conceptualizing the situation, specifically *the underlying force(s) that cause reality to be this way*, as something like (as just one example, there are many others across the vast history of art) the Death Star in Star Wars might offer unexpected utility towards fixing the problem?
Wonderful thoughts -- it's hard to tell a story from the middle of the forest, we want perspective, we want a vast god's eye view of the world, like a map, and a trustworthy narrator. I think we'll get there, but we've definitely experienced a few perspective shifts in the past few years, and we don't really know "where we are" in the big picture story sense.
You are excellent Rohit but to quote Paul Graham and not John Ruskin (Stones of Venice) is to situate yourself outside of city time, which is vast.
I didn't know that Strange Loop Cannon was a Metamodernism blog but I like it
feng shui, which while hopelessly unscientific??
Kidding, right? Or are you confining science to the lab bench?
Thanks, Rohit. You always give us a lot to think about.
It may be okay to ascribe a "soul" to a city, but it may be dangerous to DESCRIBE that soul. Is it useful? I'm not convinced.
Naming is limiting and exclusionary. Everyone is engaged in a great individual struggle. We/They need all the help possible.
I'm getting a MOM vibe from this.
https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
I wonder if conceptualizing the situation, specifically *the underlying force(s) that cause reality to be this way*, as something like (as just one example, there are many others across the vast history of art) the Death Star in Star Wars might offer unexpected utility towards fixing the problem?
Wonderful thoughts -- it's hard to tell a story from the middle of the forest, we want perspective, we want a vast god's eye view of the world, like a map, and a trustworthy narrator. I think we'll get there, but we've definitely experienced a few perspective shifts in the past few years, and we don't really know "where we are" in the big picture story sense.