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> What would your grasp of the outside world feel like? ... increasingly ... simplified, abstracted, flattened ... More to the contrary. The more you see selec

> What would your grasp of the outside world feel like? ... increasingly ... simplified, abstracted, flattened ... More to the contrary. The more you see selected still images and video clips, the more your perception of the world through this becomes shallow, simplistic, garish. It is the written text which delves into complexity, the multitude of facets and nuances, depth.

Sebb767 4y ago
This is a take on the allegory of the cave[0]: > In the allegory "The Cave," Socrates describes a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall from objects passing in front of a fire behind them and give names to these shadows. The shadows are the prisoners' reality, but are not accurate representations of the real world. So, basically, the point is that if you only ever see the abstraction, it becomes your reality. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave
- einpoklum 4y ago
  ... which is funny, because IIRC Socrates was trying to get people recognize "ideal forms", perfect truths, as opposed to their imperfect manifestations/reflections in the world.