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Stop overstimulating your mind with digital entertainment

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Re: Stop overstimulating your mind with digital entertainment

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Post by Bancakes »

smoldesu wrote: post #50
blacktriangle wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You do realize that lots of popular old music was written by all races? Stop trying to see racism everywhere where where there is none, it'll do wonders for your blood pressure.

I mean, you're not wrong, but you're also pretty damn far from the truth. Any way you slice it, the music industry of yore was affected by the same latent racism that plagued everything, and it's no surprise that white musicians account for a disproportionate amount of music published before the civil rights movement.

How is it about white people when if you want to listen to the best 90s rap songs, it's about hood bruthas killing cops, pushing dope, selling firearms, and riding nice cars?

Re: Stop overstimulating your mind with digital entertainment

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Post by jollybean »

RootReducer wrote: post #8

This is ridiculously preachy. I do think the overall thesis is correct, in that boredom can be a powerful force for creativity and inspiration, but paragraphs like this make the article completely off-putting: "If you want to let music inspire you and enjoy its real beauty, I have few very simple rules: Classical Music and no “skipping”. Then I will trust my appetite." I do like sitting down and actually focusing on…

Yeah it's possibly a little snobby but most forms of music before 1900 i.e. 'classical' even if not technically classical period ... are 'long form'.

So pieces will be 10-20 minutes as opposed to 3 minutes.

That allows for a different listening experience.

I suggest something different for working: light EDM.

EDM is not designed to be 'actively listened to'. It's designed for your body, not your ears, it's generally 'beat and rhythm founded' instead of 'melody, chord and phrasing founded' - and so you can have it on for much longer and still use your mind for work.

Drum Circles last for hours, you can have a conversation while enjoying it.

So you don't waste great music while working away, you can burn the tedium of mediocre electronica all without looking for the dopamine chorus / mega riff.

Re: Stop overstimulating your mind with digital entertainment

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Post by [deleted] »

maininformer wrote: post #48
awillen wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I exercise for my blood pressure (you might've caught that in the comment you were responding to), but thanks for the suggestion! He specifically says classical music is the only acceptable kind, and the vast majority of the history of classical music was devoid of non-white people. You should read the things you're responding to a little better - it'll do wonders for your comprehension.

Because non-white people do not have classical music? I agree with the parent, you see racism where it doesn't exist. Why would your mind go to only "white" classical music? PS I'm Iranian-Armenian; both have rich "classical" music history. I have myself enjoyed Celtic, Chinese and Japanese folk music. Music and rhythm is so ingrained in us that I don't need to do research to know all other nations had music in all e…

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Re: Stop overstimulating your mind with digital entertainment

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Post by llbeansandrice »

maininformer wrote: post #48
awillen wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I exercise for my blood pressure (you might've caught that in the comment you were responding to), but thanks for the suggestion! He specifically says classical music is the only acceptable kind, and the vast majority of the history of classical music was devoid of non-white people. You should read the things you're responding to a little better - it'll do wonders for your comprehension.

Because non-white people do not have classical music? I agree with the parent, you see racism where it doesn't exist. Why would your mind go to only "white" classical music? PS I'm Iranian-Armenian; both have rich "classical" music history. I have myself enjoyed Celtic, Chinese and Japanese folk music. Music and rhythm is so ingrained in us that I don't need to do research to know all other nations had music in all e…

> Why would your mind go to only "white" classical music?

Because the literal definition of "Classical Music" is Western music from the period of 1750 to 1820. The "Classical Period". [1] It is by definition music from old white dudes from Europe.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music

Re: Stop overstimulating your mind with digital entertainment

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Post by alpaca128 »

> With the introduction of the TV in the 60s, the PC in the 90s and the smartphone in the last decade, we have changed the main way of consuming information

That's what people used to say a decade after the printing press was invented too.

And the bit about music is ridiculous; elitism based on ignorance. Anyone claiming that only their favorite genre is acceptable to listen to either has a too high opinion of themselves or has been missing out on >99% of available content, perhaps even due to a fear of "overstimulating" their mind.

Some idle time now and then, maybe at a regular walk outside, is definitely helpful not only for creativity. But that doesn't mean the rest of the daily activities are bad. At least for me I'd say both are necessary.

Re: Stop overstimulating your mind with digital entertainment

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Post by rchaud »

There are much better articles on the topics of digital addictions, and as a bonus, they come without the paternalistic writing style. "Listen to classical music only!" OK grandpa.

He does have a point when he mentions that music in the Spotify era is produced in industrial quantities, and can be quite generic. I also do agree that playlists engender a tendency to rapidly switch from song to song, compared to listening to a full album. But you can't fix that with classical music. If people wanted to seek it out themselves, they would.

Re: Stop overstimulating your mind with digital entertainment

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Post by smoldesu »

Bancakes wrote: post #61
smoldesu wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, you're not wrong, but you're also pretty damn far from the truth. Any way you slice it, the music industry of yore was affected by the same latent racism that plagued everything, and it's no surprise that white musicians account for a disproportionate amount of music published before the civil rights movement.

How is it about white people when if you want to listen to the best 90s rap songs, it's about hood bruthas killing cops, pushing dope, selling firearms, and riding nice cars?

I don't think I said it was, unless I'm missing something here?

Re: Stop overstimulating your mind with digital entertainment

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Post by Bancakes »

j_m_b wrote: post #6

There is no evidence dopamine fasting does anything. It's just the latest techie health fad.

You're right, dopamine dieting is much better. Dopamine veganism, if you will. Humans didn't evolve this crappy hormone because we were surrounded by stimuli, but exactly because we weren't. You gain nothing by being stimulated.

My reasoning is it's an entire profession to measure flavour profiles and quantities of food additives, hooks and drops in songs, microtransaction timings in games, et cetera. The science is clear, we simply ought to apply it in reverse.

I'm fairly certain the average neanderthal would feel ill after drinking a 500ml Monster and listening to djent.

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