slowing down as a punk act of rebellion
We live in a mega-scale corporate capitalist economy, and in such a setting technology is never used to save time.
Brett Scott • Tech Doesn’t Make Our Lives Easier. It Makes Them Faster
One of the issues with late twenty century thinking is the mentality that nature is good and disruptions from nature are bad. Nature can be in terms of actual scientific nature but also anything with similar characteristics, such as free markets in financial markets. COVID-19 has really flipped a lot of minds, as it's been undeniable that the defau... See more
Vitalik Buterin • #188 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0
The basic rule is this: technology doesn't make our lives easier. It makes them faster and more crammed with stuff.
Brett Scott • Tech Doesn’t Make Our Lives Easier. It Makes Them Faster
The biophilia hypothesis is the belief that humans are genetically predisposed to be attracted to nature. It states that all humans inherently love the natural world.
This idea that we are drawn to and need nature was first put forth by a man named Edward O. Wilson in his book, Biophilia , published in 1984.
The idea that humans have an innate love a... See more
This idea that we are drawn to and need nature was first put forth by a man named Edward O. Wilson in his book, Biophilia , published in 1984.
The idea that humans have an innate love a... See more
Understanding the Biophilia Hypothesis
We can spend so much time in our homes, cars, offices, and shopping malls that we feel removed from nature and separate from each other and even ourselves. With our world so circumscribed, we become cut off from a natural vitality and connection with life. We may feel numb, flat, or simply disconnected from a sense of purpose. Spring flowers and wi
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Maybe Slow-Fi makes its so we are more intentional, more grounded, more tethered, more invested, more attentive, more open, more inquistive and more exploratory with how we use, manage and operate our "Financial Wealth" artifacts (with the other artifacts being Tradeable, Measurable, Rankable, Nameable and Polymorphic) - and that it makes us much m
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