7. Finding meaning in life
This post addresses the following:
7.1.
on the emergence of societal evolution and art
7.2.
about the mind and thinking
7.3. about truthfulness: the mind and society
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2019-11-13
2019-11-07
What’s going on here ? (11)
6. societal collapse
Over their thousands of years of observation, of nature and of human activities in nature, the ancient tribal wo(men) of knowledge concluded that humans have a nefarious tendency to damage their habitat. To counter this tendency they devised what is called “the precautionary principle” or in the words of Black Elk “the 7th Generation principle”.1 Both of these principles teach that it is imperative to make certain every, personal or societal, decision will not negatively impact the life of future generations. These principles are part of a worldview that was elaborated over the long time span of tens of thousands of years.
With Modernity ‘the reason that is at work within capital’ concerns itself with one thing only and that is to generate profits. Those who venerate the reason get rich and enjoy an abundance of material possessions. All other citizens envy their richness and the abundance of their possessions. This worldview was elaborated over the relatively short time span of 6-8 centuries.
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Over their thousands of years of observation, of nature and of human activities in nature, the ancient tribal wo(men) of knowledge concluded that humans have a nefarious tendency to damage their habitat. To counter this tendency they devised what is called “the precautionary principle” or in the words of Black Elk “the 7th Generation principle”.1 Both of these principles teach that it is imperative to make certain every, personal or societal, decision will not negatively impact the life of future generations. These principles are part of a worldview that was elaborated over the long time span of tens of thousands of years.
With Modernity ‘the reason that is at work within capital’ concerns itself with one thing only and that is to generate profits. Those who venerate the reason get rich and enjoy an abundance of material possessions. All other citizens envy their richness and the abundance of their possessions. This worldview was elaborated over the relatively short time span of 6-8 centuries.
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2019-10-31
What’s going on here ? (10)
“ The situation we are in –in terms of what receives attention and prominence– is post-art. At this time, and in social space, art is basically an adjunct of the entertainment business. … The issue is how to snap art out of its death trance –living its own death, so to speak– and make it once again a living and lived experience.” 1.
“How
to snap art out of its death trance and make it once again a living
and lived experience” ? Hum… assumptions will not revive
the function of art Mr. Kuspit !
The
reality is that, over 99.9% of the historical span of societal
evolution, art was first and foremost a societal matter while the
individual genius was at best an accessory. In that sense snapping
art out of its death trance, if
it ever happens, will
be a societal feat and not the heroic act of individual geniuses.
And the probability, that
such a societal feat will be instigated by human will, does
not register high on
the scale of realism.
But
how did art enter its death trance in the first place ?
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