'Oh, yeah, I used to run a circus.'
The search for meaningful things to do with your body now that software has eaten everything.
by @utotranslucencehttps://autotranslucence.wordpress.com/2019/02/21/leaving-our-bodies-behind/ …
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Replying to @Meaningness @utotranslucence
I was getting a vibe that the activities which "feel meaningful" to her, with the exception of meditation, all scale more easily than the work of deepening one's sense of intertwinement with the physical world one tedious muscle movement at a time. Yes
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Replying to @spearofsolomon @Meaningness
Yep, that's pretty accurate. If you use even a rough heuristic of meaningful = more important to more people, then if you're maxing out on meaning then you're using technology a lot of the time. (And by tech I mean specifically the internet boxes that you touch with your hands)
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I think about this all the time. There is at least a kind of meta-scalability to “physical meaningfulness”—you know that all other humans also have bodies, so any insight into this problem could benefit all of them.
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There's an interesting internal motivation problem inherent to all virtuous cycles - it has to be kickstarted somewhere. E.g., someone who doesn't yet like reading has to somehow acquire a desire to like reading to kickstart that cycle, right? Where does that come from?
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What I’ve noticed is that motivation to heal disconnection from the body is kickstarted by poor health, depression, or inability to emotionally connect to others. Those can get loud enough for people to motivate them. & there’s no forcing people who aren’t ready yet.
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