I think the obsession with AI is a bellwether of re-enchantment. Science fiction in the minds of many is now perceived as science fact, and many truly believe that Asimovian realities are inevitable. They’re either already enchanted or primed for it.
On the topic of the LARP - I’m pretty tolerant - the history of “looking to the past” to recapitulate is a foundational property of man’s sense of place, and doubly so in the heart of the Church (Resourcement and the call to “ad fontes”). The renaissance was a huge Greek LARP, and the resultant reformation was the ascetic judgement.
The major mistake here would be to “copy” in the long-term, which is too early to tell. Mimesis is often the first stage of generation. If we get stuck on pocket watches and mullets, it’s a failure.
What a wonderful piece. I’m going to meditate on this.
My interpretation of the whole is that meta cognition or “hacker mode” should be used only when needed, not as a way to constantly jump away from a system. If used to jump away from any system ultimately it takes away the very need to jump away and to get though the wall.
What a piece. Again. I wish I could say I understood everything.
But, I do want to add a thought to your thought of why cold rationalism cannot be enough to push someone to dedicate their lives to "dissecting a detached-from-reality, but internally consistent joke".
What a piece. Again. I wish I could say I understood everything.
But, I do want to add a thought to your thought of why cold rationalism cannot be enough to push someone to dedicate their lives to "dissecting an illogical but internally.
That joy of understanding might also be accompanied by the joy of communion. Maybe the joke wouldn't have enchanted anyone if they attempted to understand it alone. Maybe the act of laughing at the joke is what made it interesting in the first place. That opens two strands of thought:
1 that the object has some enchantment power. Why was the joke stuck in your head? And what made you bring it up out of all the things you could talk about?
2 that the communal attention (expressed through laughter in this case, but it could have been sorrow in other cases - i.e. a secret meeting of a rebellious group trying to escape an oppresive regime) given to an object enchants the object far beyond the level of the enchantment the object "radiated" in the first place.
Lewis Caroll is one of my favourite authors, I am currently rereading “Alice in Wonderland”, seeing a lot of strikingly deep remarks in it. Might consider reading something else of his as well
I think the obsession with AI is a bellwether of re-enchantment. Science fiction in the minds of many is now perceived as science fact, and many truly believe that Asimovian realities are inevitable. They’re either already enchanted or primed for it.
On the topic of the LARP - I’m pretty tolerant - the history of “looking to the past” to recapitulate is a foundational property of man’s sense of place, and doubly so in the heart of the Church (Resourcement and the call to “ad fontes”). The renaissance was a huge Greek LARP, and the resultant reformation was the ascetic judgement.
The major mistake here would be to “copy” in the long-term, which is too early to tell. Mimesis is often the first stage of generation. If we get stuck on pocket watches and mullets, it’s a failure.
A lot of wisdom and sense in here, love it.
Also, you may find this lengthy essay extremely interesting as I did, if you haven't already read it:
https://www.panoptica.com/the-neuro-metaphysics-of-ruin/
What a wonderful piece. I’m going to meditate on this.
My interpretation of the whole is that meta cognition or “hacker mode” should be used only when needed, not as a way to constantly jump away from a system. If used to jump away from any system ultimately it takes away the very need to jump away and to get though the wall.
What a piece. Again. I wish I could say I understood everything.
But, I do want to add a thought to your thought of why cold rationalism cannot be enough to push someone to dedicate their lives to "dissecting a detached-from-reality, but internally consistent joke".
What a piece. Again. I wish I could say I understood everything.
But, I do want to add a thought to your thought of why cold rationalism cannot be enough to push someone to dedicate their lives to "dissecting an illogical but internally.
That joy of understanding might also be accompanied by the joy of communion. Maybe the joke wouldn't have enchanted anyone if they attempted to understand it alone. Maybe the act of laughing at the joke is what made it interesting in the first place. That opens two strands of thought:
1 that the object has some enchantment power. Why was the joke stuck in your head? And what made you bring it up out of all the things you could talk about?
2 that the communal attention (expressed through laughter in this case, but it could have been sorrow in other cases - i.e. a secret meeting of a rebellious group trying to escape an oppresive regime) given to an object enchants the object far beyond the level of the enchantment the object "radiated" in the first place.
Lewis Caroll is one of my favourite authors, I am currently rereading “Alice in Wonderland”, seeing a lot of strikingly deep remarks in it. Might consider reading something else of his as well
Let’s go
It's true, but I hate that more embarrassing sincerity is always required.