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I appreciate you mentioning this The word "exploit" makes me think about how vulnerable our consciousness can be in those moments before we sleep. Hence a good
by squircle 2y ago
I appreciate you mentioning this The word "exploit" makes me think about how vulnerable our consciousness can be in those moments before we sleep. Hence a good reason to advocate for not absorbing media while your in a semi-conscious state.
- swayvil 2y agoYeah, sometimes I think about all the things I do, and pretty much everybody does, that is poisonous to my soul. Even the act of reading. Getting all focussed up inside my head like that. It sticks you know. I mean, you put yourself there for a while and you tend to stay there. Stuck in your head, in dreams and abstractions. And then you gradually lose sight of everything else. Alienated from everything. Numb. It's a testament to the resilience of the human form, and the invisible forces that take care of us, that we haven't already turned into bloodthirsty maniacs.