i think people tend to mean much worse "than before".
for example, i have seen videos of ms word and ms visual studio, on old pentium, load instantly with a splashscreen flashing by. i was truly impressed indeed.
not just cruises. nor just leisure and touristic activities either. tons of jobs have similar working conditions. and tbh, i am not sure avoiding or banning these activities is the solution.
i mean, we are not throwing our smartphones away yet, are we?
well there was that new york time podcast on child abuse and how the internet made things exponentially worse... that was quite a big moment for me about being able to remove online data.
yes, we need to be able to erase stuff from the internet.
intermittent fasting has indeed put me in more relaxed, calculating, and calm states. it's like your body forces you to think about every action you take so you don't waste the little energy you have.
but that was then. my body has since adjusted to them and now i have to fast longer to reach these mental states.
difficult because i now have hobbies (playing instruments) that prevent me from doing so.
but... that excerpt you quoted is saying what you wrote?
author went from small town where everybody knows you and everything to the (supposedly big?) city where you can merge in. and author finds it great.
most people are decrying mass surveillance. not small scale overseeing. many people i know are not concerned that neighbors are looking after each other...
yea very true! and as someone who grew up speaking french, i want people to stop making the viola/voila mistake too. viola is an instrument. voila is what you mean most of the time.
also off-topic, but i heard the word senglish, for singaporean english, on a podcast yesterday. that made me realize how english has the potential to become a universal language with each country having their own version.
french people already use the term frenglish when they mix english words with french. we could have spanglish, japenglish, germanish, etc. they don't have to be called those though.
it would be totally awesome to be able to communicate with almost everyone in the world. just like the internet!
this is so true! but we have ourselves to blame for it. these days i don't get mad at google search results anymore. i knew someone gamed the result in order to try to sell me something...
here's one the has started to puzzle me: TED talks have become the ground for people trying to sell you something. but it's different when what they are selling is hope, optimism, and encouraging words, right?
but i have read and learned crazy things like you can't have part of their name in your own products or company names. or again, you can't use their main colors for branding.
say no more. that was my first thought. online popularity is a real thing and most people tend to ignore that.
i want to say it's less about what you are building but the number of people you can convince. the result of years of online socializing...
in fact, i have been, sometimes, utterly impressed by people who build large followings and supporters on patreon. having people believe in them while they are still figuring out their journey.
and on the other hand, i have seen i have seen people i have admired for years and considered role models try to build an online following and fail.
in college i had all my math and physics definitions and formulas in anki cards. man... i lost all that stuff!