- @interruptingstarfish
I believe I found this author via ReadUp and I'm so glad I did! I've been getting his emails for a bit and they are great.
Re. this article - it's good to remember we have a choice in what we think about! It's not always easy to do, but we are in control of our thoughts.
I've never thought about the "tax" that broken things levy upon us for an unlimited accumulation of suffering. I'd write more but now I need to go fix a few things!
Love to hate to say I told you so. I am proud to have been on Bernie's staff in 2016 and I am terrified for the future of human rights in the US. Welcome to the oligarchy.
If you’re scrambling around in the junk drawer to find the scissors, life feels mildly annoying until you find them, because you just want to get the scissors in your hand and go off to the next thing. If instead you open the drawer, and treat the hunt for scissors as a tiny mission that currently sits at the center of your life, it feels just fine to look for the scissors, and pretty great when you find them.
What fun to think about tasks as little missions!
15min neighborhoods FTW
"Bunkerisation is not an indictment of contemporary US culture or a meditation on the moral failings of irrational consumers. It is an instance of consumer society, but one that is fully within the US mainstream and which makes safety a private family matter. This orientation paradoxically reflects a patriotic commitment to being an American by isolating oneself from other Americans in times of crisis."
A fascinating, accurate, and somewhat scary observation on Americans being programmed for individualism via consumerism, as opposed to being supported collectively by the state. Let's see how this goes...
"Bunkerisation is not an indictment of contemporary US culture or a meditation on the moral failings of irrational consumers. It is an instance of consumer society, but one that is fully within the US mainstream and which makes safety a private family matter. This orientation paradoxically reflects a patriotic commitment to being an American by isolating oneself from other Americans in times of crisis."
A fascinating, accurate, and somewhat scary observation on Americans being programmed for individualism as opposed to being supported by the state. Let's see how this goes...
Yes! Phone calls are the best
Poignant, practical, and proactive. It will be helpful (necessary?) to abide by these lessons during the impending tyranny in the US. Good luck everyone.
Believe you will do it and you will!
But when you go out and put yourself in real relation to real people, or even just real animals, there’s a very real danger that you might love some of them.
Yes! Let's go love some things.
A great tangent from the AOTD
I’m proud to have been hired as employee #4 in 2009. It’s inspiring to know that a model for digital civility has persisted and thrived (within Vermont) despite the proliferation of Big Tech. I respect Michael’s decision to keep it small and local, but boy do I wish that every neighbor in the world could experience life with Front Porch Forum!
I found this article through Phans for Racial Equity. It's encouraging to see that folks are taking action and working to create more anti-racist spaces. https://www.phansforracialequity.org/
Live long and be nice to people!
This certainly gives you a lot to think, er, feel about. I hope more research comes out which will help us understand how all the different parts of us are connected. Even without peer reviewed papers I believe a lot of this can be practiced intuitively, albeit incredibly difficulty given our upbringing, social conditioning, etc. Here's hoping for an eventual upward spiral for us all!