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Where trivia and gossip pass for news…
A culture that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion dies. And we are dying now. We will either wake from our state of induced childishness, one where trivia and gossip pass for news and information, one where our goal is not justice but an elusive and unattainable happiness, to confront the stark limitations before us, [...]
Posted in Anthropology, Asides, Feature, Inverted Commas, Language, Politics Also tagged media, news, Politics, psychology
McLuhan’s Wake
So what I end up saying… is…take control of your entire reality… your media, your mythic life…your practical brain are the product of what you have made it to be…or have, quite willingly, accepted programs from others. And again, don’t forget about those cute feedback loops…via McLuhan’s Wake
Posted in Asides, Feature, Technology Also tagged communication, media, mythology, Philosophy
On or off the cushion
The direct recognition of your true nature is available in every instant, on or off the cushion, whether you meditate or not… via Pointing to the Moon
Posted in Asides, Inverted Commas, Philosophy Also tagged awareness, meditation
All the world’s a stage
Way back in the 1950s, sociologist Erving Goffman proposed in his study The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life that the very warp and woof of the social world consists of carefully constructed dramaturgy, albeit of a manner that most performers were unconscious. Our daily lives and cultural rituals provide all the settings, costumes, props [...]
Posted in Anthropology, Asides, Science, Technology Also tagged sociology
They call it ambient awareness
Social scientists have a name for this sort of incessant online contact. They call it “ambient awareness.” It is, they say, very much like being physically near someone and picking up on his mood through the little things he does — body language, sighs, stray comments — out of the corner of your eye. Each [...]
Posted in Anthropology, Asides, Technology Also tagged ambient awareness, blogging, micro-blogging, social networking, web 2.0
Explaining the magic of consciousness with one word
Dennett argues that the ‘hard problem‘ is a red herring – the whole question of how conscious first person experience arises from the biological function of the brain assumes that consciousness is a single thing that needs explaining. He suggests that there isn’t a single thing that is consciousness, just a collection of mental components, [...]
Posted in Anthropology, Asides, Language, Science, Technology Also tagged magic, Word, words
Eva’s Complex Mind
Surrealist handmade collages by Eva Eun-Sil Han
The Beauty, Secrets and Utility of Twitter
The Beauty, Secrets and Utility of Twitter for Business Lots of people laugh at Twitter, call it a waste of time and worse, and, that’s just fine with me. While they’re laughing, I’m learning, listening, meeting, and enjoying a global view of an endless flow of creative thought – 140 characters at a time…[Continue reading [...]
Posted in Asides, Technology Also tagged awareness, Business, collective perception, communication, conversation, interactive, life, sharing, social media, social networking, Technology, twitter, web 2.0 2 Comments
Moses: Stoned Immaculate
High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published this week.
Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times, Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy.
Posted in Anthropology, History, Politics, Science Also tagged awareness, bible, drugs, moses, psychedelic, Religion, spirituality
Manifesto for Slow Communication