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Cake day: September 11th, 2023

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  • I decided to do quotes of your response here with my reply as there might be a little confusion going on and I’m just trying to be as clear as possible with my thoughts here.

    It is a common effect of being more aware giving us the feeling that the situation has become worse. Medieval times aren’t all that romantic and mysterious as one could think. Information was scarce, societies were more disconnected and it was much easier for sadistic psychopaths to act on their impulse without facing immediate justice.

    Well, I do feel and maybe I’m becoming much more aware of the situation with certain technologies becoming worse. The only times I was referring to medieval times was with the story writing that I’m doing while trying to keep my mind off of worrying things, and I have not exactly gotten that far yet with my story writing. When I do begin to get that far, it will not be anything like what actually took place back in the year 1024 or earlier since it will hopefully be a depiction of a place I have in mind.

    We are not up against technological achievements of very talented and intelligent people. AI is a powerful tool, and can very well be used to perpetuate discrimination, division and conflict. However you wouldn’t blame the knife for the murder. The solution is not the destruction of technology. The path of salvation lies in the spiritual and mental growth beyond the prison that is constantly being built around us, whether we have technology or not.

    I’m somewhat confused there as I feel that certain technological achievements isn’t benefiting anyone at this point, other than leading to the degrading of stuff as well as possibly discrimination, division, and conflict being caused by it. I feel even the surveillance state that is happening is leading to similar issues. The solution may or may not be the destruction of technology in my opinion, but to cut down on a lot of technology due to what it is doing to us.

    You could say that is cruel that we are forced to move towards enlightenment in order to not end in absolute misery of this unforgiving world. Luckily there are as many ways to reach it as there are colors. Green is a nice color. Don’t be afraid to grow, but always remember your heart.

    Yes, green is not only a nice color, but it reminds me of the deep peaceful forest where I feel the most comfortable in at times, and here I’m just trying to open discussion on ideas I’m working or focusing on and find out whether or not I need to start a new community for them.



  • Yeah, my topic is basically about ideas on how to deal with our current environment and projects that can help with this including venturing into the woods to reconnect with them, but also some other things that are included such as medieval fantasy based story writing, a video series project which takes place mostly in the woods and can include a scavenger hunt to search for and find a number of certain things, etc. which would be much better for young people than staying indoors and constantly on tablets and phones. This can also help reconnect with natural magics and show things that are on the verge of becoming forgotten in favor of thinking that the next best thing is better, when that may not be the case as it leads to enshittification, such as the degradation which can be seen via remakes of Cartoon and TV Series, the increase in pollution, and internet sites that are going to shit with so many ads an enshittification.

    My aim is to hopefully open and encourage discussion on this and about how it might be better to move away from a number of technologies and find happiness being outside, in the wilderness, and mystical places, and to look at what certain kinds of technologies may be doing to us, what needs to be rejected to regain happiness, and also what or who we are fueling by being lured into getting the next best technical thing that hits the market and where their interest lies, and are they trustworthy or are they very greedy. The idea is basically like looking at things that existed decades or longer ago that are becoming forgotten, what did we walk away from while being lured into something else we think is better when it might not be, and what feels like would be a good idea to bring back into the mainstream.

    Anyway, I did take a look in !simpleliving@lemmy.ml and I’m not one-hundred percent about that being the right place for this. Probably would need to check with @inasaba@lemmy.ml about that, even though this currently has me thinking a new community may need to be made for it.