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Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeOPto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Reading is consciousness-altering and a bit toxic.English1·12 hours agoHere’s a story that explores similar ground.
Divided by Infinity
It’s in The Perseids and Other Stories By Robert Charles Wilson
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeOPto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Reading is consciousness-altering and a bit toxic.English11·13 hours agoThank you. This is the kind of maturity and insight that I have come to expect on Lemmy.
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeOPto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Reading is consciousness-altering and a bit toxic.English11·13 hours agoYes zing
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeOPto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Reading is consciousness-altering and a bit toxic.English11·14 hours agoYes, reading is important and good. But here I am indicating a different aspect of it. Like many things in reality it has several aspects.
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeOPto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Reading is consciousness-altering and a bit toxic.English11·14 hours agoNothing is an unalloyed good. That’s reality for you.
We can discuss the good of reading and also the bad of it. Right?
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeOPto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Reading is consciousness-altering and a bit toxic.English11·16 hours agoMaybe it was a mark of his alienness. A fundamental human pleasure rendered painful. He was on his hundredth universe after all.
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeOPto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Reading is consciousness-altering and a bit toxic.English11·16 hours agoWell it does tend to stick. So if you repeat it within that sticking period then yes, it becomes the normal permanent mode. And memory of any alternative is lost.
But sure, not necessarily permanent.
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeOPto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Reading is consciousness-altering and a bit toxic.English12·17 hours agoI think it is a certain perspective. A perspective that includes the option of abstract thought.
I love tower defense games.
The SUPREME tower defense game was “Beat the Geek”.
Are you familiar?
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeOPto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Reading is consciousness-altering and a bit toxic.English11·18 hours agoPermutation City blew my mind too. Such great ideas. Definitely in my top 10 faves.
Diaspora, and other Egan too, ya. But PC most of all. I’ve read it like 6 times. It’s got that proper scifi vibe. The walls of reality crumble.
(Btw, what was the meaning of the testicular spasm? Was it a metaphor?)
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeOPto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Reading is consciousness-altering and a bit toxic.English13·19 hours agoWhether you enter this state of “mental screen fixation” through personal preference or pressure from outside forces makes no difference in the state arrived at, surely.
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeOPto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Reading is consciousness-altering and a bit toxic.English23·17 hours agoIn the analysis sure, words, thoughts and symbolic stuff are just little 2d cartoons. Obvious stuff. But in practice we treat them as God’s own titty, flowing with the milk of truth.
There is a willing suspension of disbelief going on there. Like, if I don’t pretend that your idea for the word “dog” is the same as mine, then the conversation just collapses. So I let my grasp on reality slide.
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeOPto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Reading is consciousness-altering and a bit toxic.English13·23 hours agoI don’t deny the utility of the shared symbolic thing, be it the precise scientific engineeringly version or the rough common version. It is quite beside my point.
My point is the way of looking that reading involves and the habit that we fall into. That fixation upon the little screen in my head where symbols play. To narrow my attention to that screen permanently is a kind of chronic crouch, and to mistake that screen for reality is insane.
For the sufferer of this disease all of the senses dim while the screen grows brighter and brighter.
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How can we make sure Zionists are held accountable when their genocide is over?English111·1 day agoBehind the flags, propaganda, soldiers and murder it’s always a bunch of billionaires looking for a nice investment. Every single time. You’ll never bring them to court.
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If someone where to use the term "Adult Playground", what would you think it describes?English2·1 day agoIndustrial bouncy house
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If someone where to use the term "Adult Playground", what would you think it describes?English1·1 day agodeleted by creator
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If someone where to use the term "Adult Playground", what would you think it describes?English7·1 day agoYa me too. I want an obstacle course with a climbing wall.
And speaking of climbing walls, I really like them. Not just for climbing tho. I like the way they look.
You seen that movie “Mountainhead”. They’ve got this big room full of concrete and colorful climbing nubs. Just totally trippy and beautiful.
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•I am new to Lemmy after trying to use reddit and being scared away, since most of you are former reddit users can you explain why reddit is run the way it is ?English3·1 day agoThey run it this way to create a massive smoke cloud to hide the way it’s really run. Purely dictatorially, for profit, manipulation and a safe space for advertising.
Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafeto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•All right music fans, what's your favorite band/musician and how many times have you seen them live?English8·1 day agoBoards of Canada. Never live. But I dislike that kind of thing, crowds, driving etc, so no biggie.
I do mindfulness meditation too. It’s a big thing in my life.