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21-10-2018 11:29 PM |
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Originally Posted by Baile
I don't think it's a stretch to say people are not anywhere near as grounded or rooted like they were 50, 100 years ago. That's not even arguable IMO: people used to work one job their entire lives; had one family; many if not most lived and died in the same town they were born in.
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Grounded, or simply entrenched? 'Rooted' certainly applies.
Just what does 'grounded' mean to you? To me, it is the cultivation of a mental space centered on one's earthly connection, one's physical incarnation. It's NOT just about avoiding change, or obtaining security, or maintaining some sort of nostalgia.
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Originally Posted by Baile
The internet absolutely has contributed. Information overload, it's affecting peoples' minds and will and hope. People drift in life now, both physically and intellectually. They go from job to job, relationship to relationship; they're distracted by celebrity and dreams of fame; they've lost the ability to penetrate into a question with their anayltical thinking and common sense; they can't tell the difference between truth and reality, versus lies and YouTube conspiracy videos.
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Well, yes and no, but I have to ask - how are you feeling, yourself?
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Originally Posted by Baile
And of course the internet is not "to blame"; it's a symptom and just one manifestation of the larger societal illness. Illness isn't the best word either, this seems to be part of some great evolutionary event and transition for the human collective.
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Well, we agree there, for the most part. The internet is just a communication medium. What is put on the medium is going to be a combination of what exists, and what influential parties want to appear to exist. Both are very revealling, properly viewed.
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