Empathy is worked out like a muscle when you read fiction, because all those characters’ internal monologues teach you how other people think. You don’t get that level of information with other media formats.
The decline in readership is part of why we’re in an empathy shortage.
Idgaf I will start burning CDs, navigating with a rugged handheld GPS, pocket notebook + flip phone, mp3 player, camera & binoculars dangling on my neck… futurism the old fashioned way. Im not a consumer of this content but perceptions are robbed daily in this 7th circle of hell. At this rate there's going to be an options market for pc parts.
don’t get me wrong I love other people’s business but at some point y’all have to realize it’s not normal to have such strong opinions about celebrities lives.
i think it’s important to be courageous in love and make yourself look like a fool at times. so many ppl are so concerned with being stoic it blocks true connection and vulnerability. be a little crazy in love actually.
if you use generative ai, especially for art, i am
• better than you
• judging the fuck out of you
• pointing and laughing at you
• gonna kick your ass
and you are
• uncreative
• unoriginal
• untalented
• a thief
• a climate fiend
• not to be taken seriously