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When we realize our true self is nothing other than present-moment experience, we are free to love whatever is happening, regardless of whether we like it! If our partner rejects us, of course we will grieve his or her absence and do nothing for weeks but watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer in our ratty bathrobe. But we can grieve with the profound understanding that this moment of grieving is life here and now. This is it. This moment is what’s happening now. Must we give in to the hoodwinking desire that tells us to abandon this moment because it is not what we wanted?
Radically Condensed Instructions for Being Just as You Are
J Jennifer Matthews
There is the music of identity, like strophic songs, that says: “You know who I am, and you can count on me being this way.” That’s wonderful in participatory situations because it encourages the audience to join in. But something like a theme and variations says: “You don’t know me completely. There’s more to find out. I’m a person who can be sad and happy and change my mind.”
Treating our relationships as theme and variations could be the most beautiful way to sustain them.
What Can Musical Variations Teach Us About Creativity?
nytimes.com
Narayanan and Kapoor offer a vision of informed consumers and enlightened executives working together to field some institutional critiques and entertain *some* political debates. They cannot entertain more substantive fixes because they don’t seem to be aware of more substantive problems. *AI Snake Oil* has relatively little to say on what we should do about AI besides make it work in vaguely more sustainable and responsible ways.
AI Scams Are the Point
Edward Ongweso Jr.
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