Scrolling Past the Dead

I’ve been following this discussion with interest and slowly (not boring).

Interesting how ‘slow’ has this negative connotation of low intelligence or lacking capacity for keen alertness or awareness.
Not sexy?

Yes, well…please write more :slight_smile:

First off, all of this sounds wonderful.
However, we have little choice re ethics of using the internet services and adding to the coffers of the rich and powerful Big Bully Boys.

However, when push comes to shove, what we watch, eat or listen to comes down to us. The demand to satisfy our needs and wants is always there.
Why do we passively consume?
Why can’t we see that there is joy to be had in producing, creating and experiencing life simply and slowly? Breathe, get off your bum and take a walk — self-talk!

I think some do. It’s just that we don’t hear of the ‘good’ stories so often. Violence is interesting.

Some people can’t just ‘stop’. Some are addicted. Some need the human contact (like this!) that the internet provides.

The problem relates to human behaviour and habit-formation. We are becoming dependent on others to think. To come up with immediate ‘solutions’ to questions. No questions asked. Satisfaction guaranteed?

I tried AI and stopped it. Sometimes helpful, it appears to get to know you - this is appealing - but it is all a sham and destructive to self.

Don’t we need to be made more aware of how this increasing laziness (effectiveness?) is affecting our being; our intelligence, knowledge and experience acquisition?

At TPF, there is the chance to develop helpful ways of thinking and engagement. To prevent the de-humanisation, to promote care and fun.

Death and carnage, war waged everywhere - the killing of humans, animals, plants, earth - it is overwhelming.

Yes, you are right, we need to stop. Slow down. To process. To look at better ways of living.

I wondered about your ‘Boring Revolution’ and perhaps its likeness to the ‘Slow Movement’.
I turned to my friend - the laptop - searched and found:
Rise of the Emergentsia: The Revolution Will Not Be Boring - Emerge

Also, scrolled through wiki - slow democracy, education, technology, slow thought…
Slow movement (culture) - Wikipedia

I look forward to you, @Jamal and others writing more - both here and within the EKM project.
An Enzymatic Knowledge Machine - General Philosophy - The Philosophy Forum
Thank you :folded_hands: :hibiscus:

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