Seems to me we’re ignoring history:
1. Prescott Lecky destroyed the validity of Pavlov’s experiments with his paper on Self Consistency.
2. Macys conference in 1960s converged on the idea of systems theory and cybernetics; cause and effect is for elementary school - self organization is for the adults.
3. Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela (Autopoesis) are rolling in their graves.
It’s not a new discovery if something better has already been in use for 50+ years.
In response to the spirit of the article and ignoring the specificity of content, a great way of retaining knowledge over time is Sean Whitelys Memletics courses. His frameworks and practices for studying, learning and retaining any subject matter are very practical. While his “Learn” tool can get a bit verbose, the concepts of reviewing notes in an irregular patterned method over time are extremely effective. I recommend using the Learn tool on a simple subject just to observe the effect the process has on your own experience of retaining knowledge over a few weeks, months and years. I don’t know where this guy Sean ended up - but if you get your hands on his materials, hold on to em! Hopefully that helps.
Storytelling is for the HUMANS who hear the story, because our lives are in the format of heroes journeys. It matters not if most or some movies/stories follow it, because if the story doesn’t follow it - it’s not remembered by HUMANS. Because, you guessed it…our lives are in the format of a monomyth.
Joseph Campbell was an anthropologist. Not a script writer.
Christopher Vogler was a script writer for Disney.
They both understood that stories were just a vehicle for lessons. And if the structure wasn’t followed then the lesson wouldn’t be received, let alone passed down from generation to generation.
The super super basic shit is 3 steps:
1. Normal world- suspect something is wrong
2. Supernatural world- seek the thing that makes it right
3. Return- bring it back to share
That format fits not only every story ever told, but more importantly - it’s the dna of your life experience. And if you disagree, then ask yourself: am I refusing the call to adventure or a stage in the journey in my life? Give it a shot. It’ll change your life.
Side note: by “lesson” I mean the fundamental building blocks of your worldview. Lookup Weltanschauung.
Only a slave mentality of a Christian in a fantasy world of believe or burn could turn a fundamental law of the universe into a depressing and horror of negative.
All things arise and pass away. This is truth.
If you believe it to be terrible then you are blind to half your life.
Once a man, twice a child. This is not sad, it is nature. The end gives VALUE to what existed.
The author criticizes the downfall of the techno-optimist, pretending to be one amidst his sad broken romance of limited perception and judgement of the state of world.
The internet is a tool that humans created. It’s going to stick around just like fire did for us, which is now a convenient plastic container in your pocket btw. Because it isn’t bad or good (believe or burn - goodness, learn to think and stop feeling), it just is.
There is nothing wrong with the world. It is as it always has been and it always will be., arising and passing away. The only problem is that your eyes are closed.
Rather than contemplate the horror of the internet, why not contemplate what it could become next? How do we turn the camp fire into a lighter? Wouldn’t that be interesting?
It’s not a new discovery if something better has already been in use for 50+ years.
Am I missing something here?