Greetings good citizen, Even Pussygrabber got to weigh in on the Royals plan to depart the royal enclave to live independently and escape that 'bug under the glass' treatment individuals of 'perceived importance' are constantly subjected to.
The 'News Cycle' is a disease for which there is no cure. In that respect humans resemble squirrels with an endless appetite for 'news'...in fact a lack of news will frighten them so conditioned are we to receiving almost constant 'updates' of what can best be considered trivial matters.
Is it going to rain tomorrow or snow? Come tomorrow you won't need anyone to tell you what they GUESS is going to happen, it will be doing whatever it is going to do.
But you've been conditioned by nature to want to know.
Um, this is charging straight in the opposite direction I was aiming at and that is the desire to escape that fetishism of constantly being 'in the loop'.
It's what keeps you twaddling your cell phone every few minutes, so you don't 'miss' anything [the 'importance' of which is extremely 'debatable'.]
Intellectually you want to escape this steady diet of trivia but every once in a while a larger issue can be seen beneath the banality disguising it. It is ironic indeed that many secretly desire to be the focus of this ceaseless scrutiny...until it actually happens.
That's when you learn sympathy for Meghan and Harry.
But that's not the focus of this parable.
Most of you are aware that the mind can instantly recognize faces, it's survival conditioning instilled in every creature because the face is the part that EATS you...and is usually the last thing you see before you perish as something else's meal.
Well, 'paying attention' to the ceaseless chatter, both visual and audible, are also conditioned survival reflexes...it is also why the absence of that 'noise' is itself a 'signal' that triggers fear.
Why are we 'social' creatures? Because it lessened the likelihood that we'd be 'it'. It's the literal translation of 'safety in numbers'...but stupid doesn't get that.
What an advantage it would be if YOU could manipulate those signals...
The cognizant need no further parsing and the dim won't get it no matter how precisely you spell it out.
Are YOU a survivor?
Depends on what you make of today's post.
I apologize to those of you who leapt to the conclusion that I was quitting this.
Job's far from done and will likely outlive me...but that's mostly 'fatalism' speaking.
Later Head, if there is one.
Gegner
The 'News Cycle' is a disease for which there is no cure. In that respect humans resemble squirrels with an endless appetite for 'news'...in fact a lack of news will frighten them so conditioned are we to receiving almost constant 'updates' of what can best be considered trivial matters.
Is it going to rain tomorrow or snow? Come tomorrow you won't need anyone to tell you what they GUESS is going to happen, it will be doing whatever it is going to do.
But you've been conditioned by nature to want to know.
Um, this is charging straight in the opposite direction I was aiming at and that is the desire to escape that fetishism of constantly being 'in the loop'.
It's what keeps you twaddling your cell phone every few minutes, so you don't 'miss' anything [the 'importance' of which is extremely 'debatable'.]
Intellectually you want to escape this steady diet of trivia but every once in a while a larger issue can be seen beneath the banality disguising it. It is ironic indeed that many secretly desire to be the focus of this ceaseless scrutiny...until it actually happens.
That's when you learn sympathy for Meghan and Harry.
But that's not the focus of this parable.
Most of you are aware that the mind can instantly recognize faces, it's survival conditioning instilled in every creature because the face is the part that EATS you...and is usually the last thing you see before you perish as something else's meal.
Well, 'paying attention' to the ceaseless chatter, both visual and audible, are also conditioned survival reflexes...it is also why the absence of that 'noise' is itself a 'signal' that triggers fear.
Why are we 'social' creatures? Because it lessened the likelihood that we'd be 'it'. It's the literal translation of 'safety in numbers'...but stupid doesn't get that.
What an advantage it would be if YOU could manipulate those signals...
The cognizant need no further parsing and the dim won't get it no matter how precisely you spell it out.
Are YOU a survivor?
Depends on what you make of today's post.
I apologize to those of you who leapt to the conclusion that I was quitting this.
Job's far from done and will likely outlive me...but that's mostly 'fatalism' speaking.
Later Head, if there is one.
Gegner
I apologize to those of you who leapt to the conclusion that I was quitting this.
ReplyDeleteBut you've been conditioned by nature to want to know.
ReplyDeleteWhat an advantage it would be if YOU could manipulate those signals...
ReplyDeleteThe cognizant need no further parsing and the dim won't get it no matter how precisely you spell it out.
Why are we 'social' creatures? Because it lessened the likelihood that we'd be 'it'. It's the literal translation of 'safety in numbers'...but stupid doesn't get that.
ReplyDeleteUm, this is charging straight in the opposite direction I was aiming at and that is the desire to escape that fetishism of constantly being 'in the loop'.
ReplyDeleteIt's what keeps you twaddling your cell phone every few minutes, so you don't 'miss' anything [the 'importance' of which is extremely 'debatable'.]
YOU can't help yourself and that's whats screwing you.