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I honestly attempted to read this article, but... psychobabble worse than a ST:TNG ep... Anyway, I was surprised to find nothing with Ctrl+F+"psychosis" becaus
by AStonesThrow 2y ago
I honestly attempted to read this article, but... psychobabble worse than a ST:TNG ep...
Anyway, I was surprised to find nothing with Ctrl+F+"psychosis" because my (perhaps naïve) understanding is that disunity of consciousness is typically pathologized that way: having a wandering or dissociated mind where someone can't cope with everyday experiences.
And I believe that disunity, or psychosis, is way more prevalent today than we think. Because with all of us online, absorbed in cyberspaces and AR games, and thinking of FB/IG friends even while we're showering, our minds are guaranteed to be a million miles away, under normal functional circumstances.
As a young hobbyist I found a lovely escape into my favorite 6510 processor, but when I joined the workforce, I was extremely dismayed to consider that my work was 100% invisible and 100% intangible to everyone, and I had nothing to talk about with my family or girlfriends about what I did at work, even if I was utterly preoccupied and still working problems out at dinnertime.
When distraction and stolen attention is the currency, opiate, or Spice of the Information Age, it's no surprise that we're no longer the masters of our own thoughts, and Eastern Mindfulness is preached from the highest authorities, including a young Obi-Wan Kenobi, because distraction and lack of focus are literally fatal errors for human beings.