My wife just described Jesus as a super famous person. And I suppose she's not wrong.
very important to remember that doctors are basically mentats, they're not necessarily intelligent or wise
Video Game Watcher@ashstoneman.bsky.social · yesterdayToday my primary care doctor told me that menopause is autism and all immigrants have autism, so I guess I have to go without the medication I went there for for a little while
I've somehow gotten very caught up and stuck in my intellectual life, as if I've converted it into some kind of Solution. Need to dissolve.
I hadn't seen that there's now a philosophy of psychotherapy entry on the SEP plato.stanford.edu/entries/psyc...
Philosophy of Psychotherapy (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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More to the point, this is happening in *non-white* countries as well: Japan, Turkey, and India have huge far-right nativist blocs. So it's not merely white supremacy or nostalgia for the days when the West ruled. Nor is it happening purely in developed post-material countries.
Sam@samd.bsky.social · last wk.what’s going on with the world man. why is the far right resurgent everywhere? it’s easy to blame whatever policy boogeyman (neoliberalism, housing shortage, immigration, etc etc) but I think it has to be something deeper. maybe lived memory is dying out of how evil fascism is
To put it very simply, when people's worldview is threatened, their sense of self and security is threatened, and they look to whatever seems to be the best means to feel secure again.
...@contexture.bsky.social · last wk.The world is experiencing multiple intersecting crises and an unusually rapid pace of change, generating uncertainty and anxiety while eroding traditional sources of existential security. Research shows this can increase increase support for authoritarian responses and attachment to in-groups.
The world is experiencing multiple intersecting crises and an unusually rapid pace of change, generating uncertainty and anxiety while eroding traditional sources of existential security. Research shows this can increase increase support for authoritarian responses and attachment to in-groups.
Sam@samd.bsky.social · last wk.what’s going on with the world man. why is the far right resurgent everywhere? it’s easy to blame whatever policy boogeyman (neoliberalism, housing shortage, immigration, etc etc) but I think it has to be something deeper. maybe lived memory is dying out of how evil fascism is
Reading Torless again and hit that the wanting to be a girl passage. Once again remembering how The Man Without Qualities suddenly introduces Ulrich's sister, who is the only character the text really endorses, and he calls her his self-love
How do people sustain a project over months and years without an external scaffold?
Deeply amusing to me that I just realised that I'm suffering from Ulrich's Syndrome.
This song is for the people who tells their families that they're sorry for things they can't and won't feel sorry for
Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 2w ago
Just saw Nolan's film about a very clever man who makes a weapon that ends a war but with terrible personal and social consequences
I think Schuyler may be my favourite poet and I think this article does a good job of capturing something of why yalereview.org/article/jame...
Why James Schuyler Is the Poet for Right Now
He was overshadowed by O'Hara and Ashbery in his lifetime. But James Schuyler's poems — diaristic, forgetful, minutely attentive — feel made for a moment…
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I don't really like Homer's Odyssey. I haven't seen the Nolan film yet but I think I might get really into it for a bit.
A father and daughter explore housing options
Peter Lucier@peterlucier.bsky.social · 3w agoThe itinerary for the boys’ trip to Holland may have been overly ambitious. Starring Sean Connery
It's okay to admit you don't know about it. You don't have to know about all the things. It's okay.
It is possible to be at once pro-modern, anti-traditionalist, & see that modernity is alienating, destructive, & jeopardized
