It's obvious that we'll look back on these early years of social media the way we look at cigarettes, TV and processed food. The ROI of time and attention is not worth it and is often negative. I find myself being pulled farther from *my* center. It's time for me to give this up.
A snippet from one of the most beautiful passages of transcendent love I have ever read.
"The guard passed by, insulting me, and once again I communed with my beloved. More and more I felt that she was present, that she was with me..." #ViktorFrankl, #MansSearchForMeaning, pg 52
@JewAndA_HalfMen@miraxpath The crisis of young men is clearly a crisis of meaning. Why would you classify their desire for chaos, adventure and struggle as irrational? Meaning is found in overcoming a challenge. Modern life has sanitized or swept away large swathes of experience that used to challenge.
RM'd a file not yet under Git version control out of sheer muscle memory. Was really angry with my current self for a split second. Then I realized my past self set up hourly backups. First time I have ever had to use a time machine backup to recover a file. Thank you past self.
@jcrowder55 It's reasonable to assume that some percentage of people have always been so murderous. It would be a miracle if that weren't the case. We're just more aware of the impact that small percentage has on a global scale.
In the face of the Apocalypse, Twitter will be a dumpster fire to the very end. Such is human nature: "In general there was also a "cultural hibernation" in the camp. There were two exceptions to this: politics and religion." #VictorFrankl, #MansSearchForMeaning pg 45
"One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people's motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogansโanything except reason."
@TheSafestSpace@jonathanchait Is this truly a revelation? This has been the criticism of victimhood culture from the outset. It does not empower and never has. Only those indoctrinated to the cult see victim status as any source of authority. It's not and never will be since authority is proven with results.