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Yes I’ve become aware of the fact that documentaries are still mostly audio-visual entertainment masquerading as something more. A lot can be said about the medium as the message a…

Still grappling with what to think, of course it is a mixture of both. Thanks for your comment.

> civilized man, who refused to adapt to his surroundings now finds he has to adapt and re-adapt every hour of the day to his self-created environment This feeling is exactly what …

You might find this interesting https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2025/10/2025-a-space-absurdity/ Your view might fall under planetary management and beyond. Across so many people maybe t…

Maybe read as: something as normal as going out for a walk puts you in direct contact with a complicated system. Not that every time one goes outside they feel alienated or anythin…

That's true. This brings to mind an idea by Dr. Tom Murphy about sustainability. Human civilization lived sustainably, or in the same state with little change, in the natural world…

Thank you! What a great song and visual representation of exactly what I was thinking of. "And everywhere I go There's always something to remind me Of another place in time"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95J8yzvjbQ

Without saying too much, I think this is more common in young people than you may think.

I agree with the cognitive overload and funnily have experienced what you describe. These thoughts are easier to fall into when I've been tired for extended periods. Out of them I …

Touché. It breaks down a bit when I admit I would never want to live in isolation away from modern medicine. But maybe the idea can exist in isolation for a moment.

I'm not arguing for ignorance. More acceptance of the ecological forces around us and appreciating them, observing them, and knowing when to let them take their course.

Sounds like you may also have read https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/ .

Thank you for this. Sometimes knowing you aren't alone is enough to make it acceptable for yourself. I agree, sometimes we just have to try and see how we react.

> all humanity has ever done is to try to reign in that complexity To what end? “Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, with a single powerful blow, shattered for all time a complex articl…

I've read many accounts of the lives of mostly hunter-gatherer tribes living far more care-free and convenient lives. Yes they had no way of treating most diseases, facing natural …

I mean the full chain from every line of software to the arrays of semiconductors in my CPU to the cooling system in the fab in Taiwan. I have some understanding of these things, b…

The difference I'm trying to discuss is when humans started molding the world to our desires in the forms of agriculture, raising animals as resources, and interfering with ecologi…

Yes, you are quite correct in the first point. I've also met people who recommend crimping where possible as a safer and cleaner solution.

I agree it seems like it could be fun. I think I am a bit paranoid about the hazardous chemicals and risk of a burns when using a traditional iron. From what I understand reading t…