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And action, of course, implies place and community. There can be disembodied thought, but not disembodied action. Action – embodied thought – requires local and communal reference. To act, in short, is to live. Living ‘is a total act. Thinking is a partial act.’ And one does not live alone. Living is a communal act, whether or not its communality is acknowledged.
The World-Ending Fire
Wendell Berry
The future they were seeing in the crisis was one in which not only our homes are never again exclusively personal spaces but also, via high-speed digital connectivity, our schools, our doctor’s offices, our gyms, and, if determined by the state, our jails. It was a grim, AI-enabled vision of a touchless society that would employ far fewer teachers, doctors, and drivers. It would accept no cash, and have skeletal mass transit and far less live art.
I find it deeply depressing to think the people aspire to become advertisements, but it also makes perfect sense in a world that privileges ads and ad space over virtually everything else and values it precisely. If you can be an ad, then the whole world revolves around you. Your place in the world is assured and affirmed anytime you look at a screen or take a glance around in public space.
The Lowest Tide
Rob Horning
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