day 17 of no porn, no TV, no movies, and no video games and i can feel my long-atrophied imagination coming back to life
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maybe we did something weird to ourselves when we decided to cope with life by constantly stuffing our eyeballs with the outputs of other people's imaginations
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if streaming services function as an acceptable substitute for the unacceptable contents of one's own imagination, perhaps twitter similarly functions as an acceptable substitute for the unacceptable contents of one's own thoughts
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i was looking at the wiki page of some famous author or other and the story of their life involved being inspired by a *single* book they read and were utterly consumed by
and i wonder if we've made it too difficult to be consumed by a single work of art in this way
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idk if you've had the experience of trying to binge a lot of porn at once and finding a strong tolerance effect - each individual slice of porn affects you that much less
suspect the same is likely true with "media" generally
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hmm now might be a good time to finally read Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
ratical.org/ratville/AoS/4
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several people have asked why not include social media - i do think it's important to include social media in a general "dopamine detox" and i do notice a dazing effect from spending too long on twitter that i don't like. this is more of a "video detox" twitter.com/QiaochuYuan/st…
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Optics are bad here, but what exactly are you supposed to do on a plane other than sleep, read a book, listen to music, or watch something?
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i journaled a lot
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Really great thread. What we do repeatedly rewires the brain. I think it’s good to evaluate HOW the exposure to video and social media rewire/what effect they have. A fast from these things will certainly help clarify that and I’m inspired to follow suit
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good luck 🙏
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