Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else. – Chesterton
Jaran Miller
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What if Ray Bradbury’s mechanical hound had sentience or volition through generative ai?
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I am fascinated by Alex Vadukul‘s new pieces in New York Times. Something in me resonates with these teens’ luddite club. Check it out: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/style/teens-social-media.html?smid=url-share
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“Fighting busyness is kind of like fighting against sin.” – spoken by a friend
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Tennyson’s “In Memoriam” is a lovely poem. I’m especially fond of these lines:
Our little systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be:
They are but broken lights of thee,
And thou, O Lord, art more than they.https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45328/in-memoriam-a-h-h-obiit-mdcccxxxiii-prelude
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Canceling those who cancel leaves the whole world cancelled.
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Non-exhaustive list of existential threats according to my opinion this morning:
- doomscrolling
- war
- using words and phrases on Lake Superior State University’s 2022 Banished Words List without irony
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Right-leaning people who are disgruntled with or banned from Twitter and Facebook can leave for places like Gab and Telegram. Where do left-leaning people go when they are disgruntled with or banned from Twitter and Facebook?
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I have been working through Jonathan Haidt’s ”The Righteous Mind” (It’s a good book). I was pleased to see that Russel Moore recently had him onto the show to help us understand how social media is making stupid, and how to have better conversations with loved ones who see politics and religion differently. Have a listen: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/podcasts/russell-moore-show/jonathan-haidt-says-social-media-is-making-america-stupid.html
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I have been conducting several interviews this season. Hear my latest conversation about distributism here. https://youtu.be/oPslI-btunY