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i think @kalladomcdowell has it: as we deal more and more with the multidimensional spaces of machine learning, we need the access the multidimensional thought styles of magic and animism. i wrote some thoughts on this today actually also robotface.substack.com/p/the-big-sleep
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Interesting that for most people this free associated with literal magic, pagan spiritualities, animism etc. For me it connects mainly to observation/measurement instruments and tools, ways of seeing etc. Enchantment is a radically empiricist mode for me.
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McLuhan approach: enchantment is unconscious media extensions. Disenchantment is autoamputation. Re-enchantment is new media extensions. New sensory leaks.
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Sensory leakage fits here somewhere
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A hidden peril of being stuck indoors too much is lack of sensory leakage. Unexpected sights, smells, tastes, noises, textures. "Home" is sensory closure. All sensations are familiar. Stumbling across novel sensations at home is really rare.
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Ok I may be disenchanted with re-enchantment already. It feels like a bastard child of reactionary, anprim, and critical theory ideas as it currently stands. A bit of a confused mess. The word is nicer than whatever it currently points to.