I can definitely relate to all of this and how strange it is to think sometimes that we are the last generation who got to experience an analog world. My daughter said the other day that she wishes she would've lived in the '90s, just to know what it was like to live at a time when nobody had smart phones. While I understand that some of my feelings are rooted in nostalgia, I do believe something has been lost and that we have to work harder and more intentionally on our relationships within our families, social circles and our communities today because of it.
Thanks for taking the time to comment, Linda. I have also wondered if nostalgia is putting a veil over some things but I do also feel that we've lost something in the speed and convenience-seeking. It's like those of us who remember the analog need to help lead our culture towards the kind of connection we know our communities need.
There is a discussion on Facebook binders in memoir, on AI in writing work this week, and I found myself rebelling for all kinds of reasons—energy usage, the integrity of work, the value of learning to edit well—but the thing that's foremost for me is exploring how the mind is used. Some of these fast uses make poor brains, they make us questions less, there's little capacity for imagination and vision. As I age, I see that capacity for creativity and intuition is needed far more, at the least to envision a new world.
You've reminded me I haven't checked into the Binders group for quite some time. Thanks for that. My guess is there is science to back up precisely what is happening with the "fast uses" you describe. I think this is why we're losing our collective sense of curiosity. It takes time to imagine, to search (without AI or Google), to question and discover. I find it to be such an enriching process I wish for others to have as well. We're not going to get out of our current cultural predicaments without it.
Yes. And when we are inconvenienced even the slightest, patience is harder to reach for because we’ve come to expect immediacy. Slow it down! (Except if you’re in front of me in the left hand lane. Then you need to either speed up or move outta the way)
You've put it so well: harder to reach for. Eckhart Tolle writes about this to some degree in The Power of Now and what it truly means to be in the moment. Your comment made me realize how often we seek to escape what's right in front of us and our devices make it possible. It makes me wonder how this is reshaping our brains! And I'm with you on the traffic - there's a time and a place, haha.
I can definitely relate to all of this and how strange it is to think sometimes that we are the last generation who got to experience an analog world. My daughter said the other day that she wishes she would've lived in the '90s, just to know what it was like to live at a time when nobody had smart phones. While I understand that some of my feelings are rooted in nostalgia, I do believe something has been lost and that we have to work harder and more intentionally on our relationships within our families, social circles and our communities today because of it.
Thanks for taking the time to comment, Linda. I have also wondered if nostalgia is putting a veil over some things but I do also feel that we've lost something in the speed and convenience-seeking. It's like those of us who remember the analog need to help lead our culture towards the kind of connection we know our communities need.
There is a discussion on Facebook binders in memoir, on AI in writing work this week, and I found myself rebelling for all kinds of reasons—energy usage, the integrity of work, the value of learning to edit well—but the thing that's foremost for me is exploring how the mind is used. Some of these fast uses make poor brains, they make us questions less, there's little capacity for imagination and vision. As I age, I see that capacity for creativity and intuition is needed far more, at the least to envision a new world.
You've reminded me I haven't checked into the Binders group for quite some time. Thanks for that. My guess is there is science to back up precisely what is happening with the "fast uses" you describe. I think this is why we're losing our collective sense of curiosity. It takes time to imagine, to search (without AI or Google), to question and discover. I find it to be such an enriching process I wish for others to have as well. We're not going to get out of our current cultural predicaments without it.
Yes. And when we are inconvenienced even the slightest, patience is harder to reach for because we’ve come to expect immediacy. Slow it down! (Except if you’re in front of me in the left hand lane. Then you need to either speed up or move outta the way)
You've put it so well: harder to reach for. Eckhart Tolle writes about this to some degree in The Power of Now and what it truly means to be in the moment. Your comment made me realize how often we seek to escape what's right in front of us and our devices make it possible. It makes me wonder how this is reshaping our brains! And I'm with you on the traffic - there's a time and a place, haha.