One might think of this more directly in terms of a spiritual grasp of the whole. I don't mean chanting monks as Orn would tell us about, but rather whatever might have us involved (though chanting monks are surely more interesting than live television watching people sleep - presumably hoping they won't wake up and make things even more boring). We might list responses from Allan's sig line, chanting monks, soap opera, libidinal newsrooms and direct action to living in a big data field that is very distressing.
Allan's sig line - raises wicked witch of Berlin leading to 'arguments' that distract from what real issues might be Chanting monks - may have pleasant voices Reality TV - needs cameras following idiots that 'watch' it Libidinal newsrooms - need surveillance of quasi and real masturbation fantasies (people write in protesting they can't see the legs of female news presenters) All these matters and ,many more could be looked at in a big data framework in which we could see the 'individual' formed in terms of time spent in what is mostly not activity concerned with fulfilment. Looking at television schedules, Sue and I find almost nothing to watch and most of that made 20 years ago and more. Metaphorically, we think the entertainment industry and internet powers, education and politics feed us Soylent Green! On Sunday, 29 March 2015 13:53:18 UTC+1, Molly wrote: > > "The tragedy of journalism now is that it is demand driven. And when you > ask people what they want, we're like one of those rats that have a lever > to push and cocaine comes out. And once that happens one time, they'll stay > there till they die, until more of the drug appears. We can't help loving > lurid stories and suspense and the kind of sex and violence which the news > is now made up of," Marty Kaplan > <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marty-Kaplan/220259631346836> tells Bill > in this interview. > http://billmoyers.com/segment/marty-kaplan-on-the-weapons-of-mass-distraction/ > > "The power of mass distraction" is an interesting notion, and I find that > it is much easier for people to look away from a problem than to contribute > to a solution. Part of that may be disagreement on what the solution is. > Much of it may be the overall malaise of "nothing I can do about it" as > most of us feel we have no real influence on the larger world problems. In > the past four years I've seen a dramatic drop in public demonstrations in > downtown Detroit and most of the demonstrations that happen are of the "for > hire" variety, with the same nationally based organizers who are making a > buck off the movement (big time) and choose the causes carefully to > insure that. > > I demonstrated during the Vietnam demonstration era and found that many of > my pier group became social organizers afterward, not organizing > demonstrations but organizing communities from within, more of social > service than social activism as we know it today. There are huge > demonstrations going on all over the world but not many here in the US. > Does this mean we are giving into distraction and looking away from > solutions waiting for the action to implement? Or is there a different > social organization emerging, one more of collaboration than dissension? Or > something else? > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
