Never thought I'd say this but...this banana knows.
The Breakdown of Ignoring: A banana's perspective on the human experience of time
https://carcinisation.com/2020/04/13/the-breakdown-of-ignoring/ …



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1/ It is in the nature of the world to be ignored. As long as tools, environments, and relationships are functioning without conscious attention, they are invisible.
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2/ The human mind will default to ignoring: a system can be ignored so as long as it's managed without conscious attention.
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3/ The ignored is temporarily put on hold when something breaks down (i.e. we ignore the reality of switching the lights on/off until the electricity goes off)
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4/ When an interruption in the environments and relationships around us happen, a [traumatic] cessation of ignoring occurs. Time is then more consciously perceived.
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5/ Most people are accustomed/naturally inclined to ignore almost everything. The inability to ignore things (i.e. conscious awareness) has real consequences. Think nervous athletes before a big game or insomniacs on a late night.
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#COVID19 surfaced two types of interruptions: human absence (isolation and death w/ some relationships) and constant presence (increased exposure to other relationships).1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
7/ Basically: You're not alone. This mass breakdown lead to *mass conscious awareness* or more so a collective human experience where we're kind of all very consciously aware, all the time, [of all time]
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8/ Yes, I see the irony of awareness on conscious awareness within the context of ignorance. H/t
@literalbanana for a great read.
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