I have noticed 2 very dangerous additions.
The first is subtle, hard to diagnose & misconstrued as productivity while being the opposite:
Addiction to distraction
The second can be environmental and affects so many that it’s normalized:
Addiction to suffering
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The first is subtle, hard to diagnose & misconstrued as productivity while being the opposite:
Addiction to distraction
The second can be environmental and affects so many that it’s normalized:
Addiction to suffering
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The addiction to distraction makes you deliberately lose focus on a task believing the loss of focus helps you focus.
In the middle of a meeting, a paper etc, you grab your phone to “check something”.
Seems like addiction to social media but remove social media, we still do it
In the middle of a meeting, a paper etc, you grab your phone to “check something”.
Seems like addiction to social media but remove social media, we still do it
The addiction to suffering stems from prolonged exposure to widespread environmental poverty.
A street with 2 gates locks one so that 2 lanes of cars must squeeze through & cause traffic. Reason: “improved security”.
IT IS A LIE
If we don’t suffer, we aren’t happy
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A street with 2 gates locks one so that 2 lanes of cars must squeeze through & cause traffic. Reason: “improved security”.
IT IS A LIE
If we don’t suffer, we aren’t happy
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And like every addiction, we start, condone it, explain it away, allow it soothe us, rationalize it and then exalt it to some intellectual level such that those who don’t join us are stigmatized.
E.g. Being distracted is “woke” and concentrating is “lame”.
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E.g. Being distracted is “woke” and concentrating is “lame”.
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Then when we refuse to suffer nor let our children suffer, we are “spoiling them” & risking their survival instincts
“Why should a child use the generator to put on the a/c just because it is hot??? That’s a spoilt child”
But If the country worked, would we care about gens? 5/5
“Why should a child use the generator to put on the a/c just because it is hot??? That’s a spoilt child”
But If the country worked, would we care about gens? 5/5
Conclusion
Imagine a nation led by a generation of citizens addicted, without knowing, to distraction and suffering via poverty
Imagine that they will spend resources to ensure suffering is a culture and even be distracted while doing it.
Don’t imagine, just look at the chaos!
Imagine a nation led by a generation of citizens addicted, without knowing, to distraction and suffering via poverty
Imagine that they will spend resources to ensure suffering is a culture and even be distracted while doing it.
Don’t imagine, just look at the chaos!
And like most addictions, you crave m, look forward to them, are very uncomfortable without them, don’t understand everyone isn’t indulging in them and will do anything to get back into them.
Like most addictions, it’s a matter of mental health and you need professional help
Like most addictions, it’s a matter of mental health and you need professional help
