Hungry Ghosts in the Machine: Digital Capitalism and Nostalgia ft. Mike Watson

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Hungry Ghosts in the Machine will discuss the ways in which social and other digital media utilize nostalgia to heighten anxiety, depression and alienation then offer fleeting cures that ultimately lead to a cycle of longing and, at most, only temporary satiation. It will finally be stated that wellbeing and spiritual practice freed of the compulsive aspect of social media use might form a useful role in a wider movement aimed at fostering healthy communities.
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[@texturemusick]

Great conversation. My phone melted in my hand and i was tapping my pocket like I was looking for a hit every 15 minutes

[@jvladcliff4083]

Synchronicity, some times someone says shrimp or plate then you see a shrimp or a plate of shrimp. The world is stranger than it seems for sure

[@jimmcmanmon]

Trauma, isolation and alienation create fertile grounds for these addictive behaviors.

[@jimmcmanmon]

Scrolling Apps and CZcams videos etc. kicks off an obsessive and compulsive response in me too. It is a huge time suck. But even worse, the resulting mental state makes concentration on complex arguments very difficult. And like physical addiction the compulsion to do it again or continue to do the behavior is the what soothes the agitation. The term addictive makes the compulsive mental obsession in relation to an initiating activity understandable. Most people understand that addiction is not controllable merely by intentionality.

[@blackguard93]

Pah, weakling, instead be like me and have 900 tabs open at the same time.
But dont stop there if you re really quick and never open any new ones you ll finish all of them within the next 2 years.
Sign up for my course to learn how!

[@jvladcliff4083]

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