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Topic: What makes someone stuck in the past/hating technology/new ideas ect
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MiaPluto
Knowflake Posts: 418
From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted August 26, 2014 01:14 AM
  
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Originally posted by mareaire:
in some ways i despise modern technology.
it's a part of my life, i think it's pretty difficult not to use it.
here i am on my computer. the mercury in me loves communication and the fact that the 'world' is connected is stimulating. but in balance, it doesn't feel right for it to take the place of real, in person, connection.
i hate TV…i think it's wretched technology, the vibration it puts out is sickly…then the fact that it's used to brainwash the masses…ugh.
don't play video games..BORING.
i have no cell phone, never will.
and i don't do all the gadgets.
war technology…how horrible, how sad.
all the mining necessary for the making of all these things. all the destruction of the planet, all the pollution.i hope technology can help us out of this mess. i have lived with, love and admire tribal peoples…this way of living, though it is disappearing, is so beautiful, so harmonious. part of me yearns to return to this state. i love my hi-speed blender! hahaha
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GeminiKarat
Knowflake Posts: 95
From: Austria
Registered: Jun 2014
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posted August 26, 2014 02:40 AM
I guess it has something to do with Mercury, Uranus and Pluto. Place them into cardinal, fixed signs and it is maybe a challenge.
I have too many Planets in Libra. In my point of few a new invention can make my life a lot easier if you know how to use them. 
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TuxLuigi
Knowflake Posts: 56
From: France
Registered: May 2014
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posted August 26, 2014 07:07 AM
quote:
Originally posted by MiaPluto:
A fact of life: anything that is too easy is not necessary. Anything that is not necessary is too easy.The cause indulgence, laziness, and depression.
Are you saying unecessary pleasures automatically create unhapiness? quote:
When everything is readily available to you in front of you, would you feel excited about it?
As a matter of fact, I would, because I do. quote:
You don't need to go to library these days, you can type on google.You don't need to ask anyone for direction these days, you can type on your phone. You don't need to write letters anymore, you can skype or call. With all these facilities, life is not interesting anymore. It has become too boring, too easy.
You're saying rewards only feel good with efforts going beforehand, pretty much. That's forgetting that technology needs money to be bought in the first place, which needs work. That's also supposing that something is more enjoyable when you put blood and sweat into it, when that's not true for everyone. quote:
Nothing has the same value anymore. The value of the thing decreases as the easier it gets to get it, thus is makes us feel unmotivated to do it.
That is tue for some things and false for some others. Does an ice cream taste any differently if you get it for free? Does an online discussion have less value than a real life one somehow? Does it feel less good to watch a TV series or a movie at the theater than to, I don't know, waiting for a friend to finish working hard on a... on a what? Animation without modern technology is terribly basical anyway. quote:
And let me tell you the difference between crayons and video games:Crayons and drawing makes us think, makes us use our creativity, enhance our drawing skills. Video games makes us better at playing the videogame, and play games that has fake sense of achievement, and at the end makes us feel empty. When you make a nice drawing, you can show it to your family and friends, and feel more like you achieved something by getting complements and be proud of your creativity. While playing videogames is not really a talent, anyone can play it.
.... What?
Video games also make you think, use your creativity (to a degree, depending on the type of game), and effectively get better at thinking fast, developping tactics quickly, having better hand coordination, and reacting faster to anything. And video games don't have a "fake" sense of achievement. It is a series of goals that require different methods to be successful at all of them, a series of goals imposed by someone else, and completing all of them thanks to the skills required to play gives both a sense of pleasure (while playing) and of fulfillment (for having gained the required skills to finish these things in the first place, and for getting your money's worth). Not that much different from drawing (especially since there are many drawing games in the first place), with the only difference that drawing does not follow a specific set of rules (even then, some types of games allow to use your own methods). Drawing is obviously different from playing, as it is less about self-achievement and more about sharing your final work, but still. quote:
And I never said that each planet does not have their negative or positive effect?Yes, the outer planets also have positive effects. I was just talking about their negative effects.
You sure don't seem to see the good side of these activities though. IP: Logged |
mareaire
Knowflake Posts: 148
From: avalon
Registered: Feb 2014
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posted August 26, 2014 04:55 PM
i'll add that i'm all for innovative thinking and technology that is intelligent.
i just don't think we're very advanced at all.
the technology we use comes at too great a cost.now we need to learn how to live sustainably and in harmony with the planet. i imagine it'll be a returning to ancient ways as well as using new intelligent technology to help us move into a new existence, a new relationship with each other and the planet. IP: Logged | |
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