A real idea for a vita activa philosophy course is taking shape in my head - domestic cozy - strategic mediocrity - non-learning - climate slouching - flow like water - graphminding (aka anti-Waldenponding) - going boneless - structured escapism Wuweiing the Weirding
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No psychedelics required either, no painful ayahuasca exorcism or bromystical striving No need to turn on or tune in. Skip straight to drop out. Suck it Timothy Leary. Still live player > dead player tho Sometimes trying too hard is acting dead
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Shitstorming an alt meaning-making system not twitter like ip man punchespic.twitter.com/mYXCEnDy1L
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Anybody can just rant against hustleporn. It takes a decade of practice to actually embody an alternative.https://www.gapingvoid.com/blog/2011/08/26/the-king/ …
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This thread is sort of the end of a line of thought for me that started with the paradox that the tech backlash is as driven by the same desperate striving for perfection and excellence as the thing it was reacting to. It’s the same damn drive turned inwards.
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Gonna have to refactor classic Confucian wuwei a bit though, since it’s really deleuzean striated-action trad posture. Aka, going with conventional flow as effortless inexertion. Doesn’t work if convention itself is a ratchet of frantic arms racing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_wei
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tell me what kinds, I’ll start making them and drift grift off of your stream
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