Really good and thought provoking thoughts here. I almost think we are doomed to move from righteous cause to righteous cause (or crisis to crisis), unless those on our side just continue to opt out and build parallel institutions/sources/communities. For me personally, I hate that I'm not often motivated to deep prayer instead of doom-scrolling.
Maybe this Great-Cause hopping (and Previous-Great-Cause forgetting) is one of the few strategies we human beings have to cope with the new world we are living in. It's so demanding; I am just recollecting my stream of conciousness of the previous 15 minutes:
Substack is amazing; my inbox runneth over; I read your post, 13 days after you posted it; interesting author (Poulos) mentioned that I had not heard about before; then mentioning of Baudrillard who really seems to have been remarkable among the postmodernists; I am reminded of the discussions between Benjamin Boyce, James Lindsay, and Wokal Distance (strawberries!); I will not judge on the whole Russia/Ukraine issue; had to check if "Delayed Gratification", the slow journalism journal, still exists (yes, it does); will now go to bed, maybe read a little Eleonore Stump before that, if I can focus...
Skipping right over the major theme of this post and going off the Baudrillard quote on "the precious difference between night and day": electricity and the emergence of low-cost lighting throughout the night, and at all times of the year, might have changed humanity more than the printing press and the Internet.
Excellent observations. Thank you for your thoughts on Poulos' book. I found Johann Hari's book, "Stolen Focus" may have similar thought-lines. There is less depth of curiosity, intellectual courage, risk, and grace - maybe the consequence of an ever superficial culture brought about by the ease technology enables. And I love the image of Kriti!
Really good and thought provoking thoughts here. I almost think we are doomed to move from righteous cause to righteous cause (or crisis to crisis), unless those on our side just continue to opt out and build parallel institutions/sources/communities. For me personally, I hate that I'm not often motivated to deep prayer instead of doom-scrolling.
Thank you!
Maybe this Great-Cause hopping (and Previous-Great-Cause forgetting) is one of the few strategies we human beings have to cope with the new world we are living in. It's so demanding; I am just recollecting my stream of conciousness of the previous 15 minutes:
Substack is amazing; my inbox runneth over; I read your post, 13 days after you posted it; interesting author (Poulos) mentioned that I had not heard about before; then mentioning of Baudrillard who really seems to have been remarkable among the postmodernists; I am reminded of the discussions between Benjamin Boyce, James Lindsay, and Wokal Distance (strawberries!); I will not judge on the whole Russia/Ukraine issue; had to check if "Delayed Gratification", the slow journalism journal, still exists (yes, it does); will now go to bed, maybe read a little Eleonore Stump before that, if I can focus...
Skipping right over the major theme of this post and going off the Baudrillard quote on "the precious difference between night and day": electricity and the emergence of low-cost lighting throughout the night, and at all times of the year, might have changed humanity more than the printing press and the Internet.
Excellent observations. Thank you for your thoughts on Poulos' book. I found Johann Hari's book, "Stolen Focus" may have similar thought-lines. There is less depth of curiosity, intellectual courage, risk, and grace - maybe the consequence of an ever superficial culture brought about by the ease technology enables. And I love the image of Kriti!