As soon as you mentioned the Wii theme my mind immediately began playing it.
To add to your writer/thinking board: I'm about to dive into C.S. Lewis' Till We Have Faces which I am told is unlike anything he ever wrote. It's a retelling of the Latin/Greek myth from Metamorphoses where Cupid and Psyche confront each other. Feel like it'd be right up your alley and I'll relay more when I finish it.
On going wide vs going deep: Prepare for both. Watching Messi play for Miami over the past few weeks reminded me that the greats can play both positions. The greats read the game and adapt to whatever it takes to win.
I was just talking to some WoP people about cyclical history. Work becoming peoples religion is totally cyclical. It's the story of Exodus. We see it again later during the Exiles of the Old Testament. And when Jesus goes to call his disciples they aren't in the temple praying, they are at their posts laboring away. But then some parts of history are not cyclical. Read a good book on this recently by Tom Holland called Dominion. My guess is what looks cyclical is actually a wheel going somewhere. To observe at the axel is to see a continuous cycle. To see it from the front seat is another thing.
When I think of TikTok today I in the context of history I think about penny dreadfuls and dime novels from hundreds of years ago. Or how even in the remains of Pompeii, archeologists are uncovering phallic symbols carved into stone with the equivalent of a YouTube comment today. One of my ComSci mentors once told me computers are dumb fast things. In many ways computers have only accelerated senseless stuff. At the end of the day there was always a crier in the market places of cities spewing something. Instead of strolling by now we're scrolling by. In many ways there isn't much new under the sun.
This made me lol: "There’s probably a science to this. I’ve been exposed to the Wii theme song² at least 17 times at a spaced interval, and now it’s looping in my head all day as if I’m in some cartoon lounge. My subconscious is poisoned."
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Have you seen Van Neistat’s video on the Fourth Turning? I haven’t read the book, but his synopsis is compelling.
Also, I see you predicting the future in that Miro board: “The Singularity.” What marked the previous phase-change? How do you think our current phase will resolve into the next one?
While not directly about 4th Turning, Timcast mentions it a lot on the show and this music video and the imagery reminds me of the cyclical nature of things https://youtu.be/B-iNIwAFzPw?t=232
As soon as you mentioned the Wii theme my mind immediately began playing it.
To add to your writer/thinking board: I'm about to dive into C.S. Lewis' Till We Have Faces which I am told is unlike anything he ever wrote. It's a retelling of the Latin/Greek myth from Metamorphoses where Cupid and Psyche confront each other. Feel like it'd be right up your alley and I'll relay more when I finish it.
On going wide vs going deep: Prepare for both. Watching Messi play for Miami over the past few weeks reminded me that the greats can play both positions. The greats read the game and adapt to whatever it takes to win.
I was just talking to some WoP people about cyclical history. Work becoming peoples religion is totally cyclical. It's the story of Exodus. We see it again later during the Exiles of the Old Testament. And when Jesus goes to call his disciples they aren't in the temple praying, they are at their posts laboring away. But then some parts of history are not cyclical. Read a good book on this recently by Tom Holland called Dominion. My guess is what looks cyclical is actually a wheel going somewhere. To observe at the axel is to see a continuous cycle. To see it from the front seat is another thing.
When I think of TikTok today I in the context of history I think about penny dreadfuls and dime novels from hundreds of years ago. Or how even in the remains of Pompeii, archeologists are uncovering phallic symbols carved into stone with the equivalent of a YouTube comment today. One of my ComSci mentors once told me computers are dumb fast things. In many ways computers have only accelerated senseless stuff. At the end of the day there was always a crier in the market places of cities spewing something. Instead of strolling by now we're scrolling by. In many ways there isn't much new under the sun.
This made me lol: "There’s probably a science to this. I’ve been exposed to the Wii theme song² at least 17 times at a spaced interval, and now it’s looping in my head all day as if I’m in some cartoon lounge. My subconscious is poisoned."
Have you seen Van Neistat’s video on the Fourth Turning? I haven’t read the book, but his synopsis is compelling.
Also, I see you predicting the future in that Miro board: “The Singularity.” What marked the previous phase-change? How do you think our current phase will resolve into the next one?
Oh, here's another rabbit hole. Byrne Power is a friend of PVK and has a series on "How we got here" a look of the 20th century, throughout the decades…via culture, music, media, etc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoiWHUbX9UQ&list=PLJ895CQuvzeURMq282OR57w-2lwdo625g
Byrne's convos with PVK throughout the years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUyL5O1FUWw&list=PLYSXopxC8Z9uPdCB3rwHSLpAgsDoh7HWh
While not directly about 4th Turning, Timcast mentions it a lot on the show and this music video and the imagery reminds me of the cyclical nature of things https://youtu.be/B-iNIwAFzPw?t=232
Out on the march in the morning
He called his soldiers down
to take aim at the traitors
To gun those rebels down
Now they'll face the consequences
they held themselves above
this is the will of the people
he said
I wish I could spare them make them see the path
tempting as that sounds i'll have to pass
I know whats needed for the good of my people
To save them
Out in the dark without warning
He raised his fist above
led a cry to his people
to tear those statues down
Now they'll face the consequences
They held themselves above
This is the will of the people he said
I wish I could spare them make them see the path
tempting as that sounds i'll have to pass
I know whats needed for the good of my people
To save them
Drop your arms and march for them
Turn against the wall and bow your head
Speak your last words, let them be said
Out on the march in the morning
He called his comrades down
to take aim at the traitors
To gun those fascists down
Now they'll face the consequences
they held themselves above
this is the will of the people
he said
I wish I could find it the way to restore peace
Blessed were the days we held in vain
I'd give it all for a chance at redemption
As the cycle turns again
You've seen it before now you'll see it begin
You've seen the changes and the blood pooling
If you think it ends here think again
PVK had a recent video on metamodernism and the Fourth Turning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5_1SeQsULs
GPT-generated bookmarks
00:00:00 - Paul discusses his videos and conversations on social media platforms. Paul talks about the concept of meta-modernism.
00:05:00 - Traditional, modern, and post-modern cultural periods, with meta-modern as the latest stage.
00:10:00 - Meta-modernism critiques post-modernism and seeks societal and spiritual transformation.
00:15:00 - Discussion about frustration in achieving specific outcomes and practices, and tension between traditional and meta-modern perspectives.
00:20:00 - Discussion about Israeli professional wrestler Lenny Levi and meta-modernism.
00:25:00 - Discussion on cyclic patterns in history and a video recommendation.
00:30:00 - American society goes through cycles of four turnings: high, awakening, unraveling, crisis.
00:35:00 - Baby Boomers dominated after WWII, but declined since the 90s.
00:40:00 - Anticipating societal changes, distrust, rebuilding, and resolution in the future.
00:45:00 - The speaker discusses various historical events and societal trends.
Good enough: satisfice vs maximizing (Herbert Simon)
> I’m a writer. I want to build fuzzy maps of knowledge across every discipline so I can connect them to my own original ideas.
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Do those links exist in a Obsidian/Roam/etc like place? Reminds me of VisualizingSEP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrz_TvdPcy4&list=PL3NaIVgSlAVI6j6bXResrReMIc6zKBH5q&index=6
https://www.visualizingsep.com/#/entries/aristotle/
Montaigne, you have Montaigne right?