One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
There is a profound tension at the heart of our world.
There is a heartfelt wish to find ways to live in peace with one another; to develop a society in which we are all treated fairly, which encourages us to develop ourselves and each other to the full extent of our potential.
But we see ourselves clinging on to ideas of ourselves as tribalistic; helplessly drawn through our nature into conflict with each other; prone to distraction and escape.
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
@Natasha_Jay I wrote a punky song about our tendency, especially when we’re somewhat comfortable, to forget that regular people created this whole deal, good and bad.
When we do that, we only ever come up with ideas that pick ineffectually at the edges of the problems.
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
@Natasha_Jay except for forsaking material belongings to our feline overlords. That one's mandated by the gods. -
One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
@Natasha_Jay This is why I am so angry that the word "conservative" is burned. I would like to be conservative, as in, to conserve and protect what is good in society. Like laws that protect the weak from the strong. Or rights that apply to every human being. All made up, but worth protecting.
Is there maybe a better word for wanting to protect the achievements of society?
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
@Natasha_Jay She forgot the most unimportant thing that humans made up: gods. Without us they don't exist.
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
@Natasha_Jay This is why Sociology should be a core subject in school. Otherwise all this gets taken for granted and we're all doomed.
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
i knew it! 365 days a year is so random. why such an odd number when it could be 400.
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
@Natasha_Jay
Life is exactly that—an echo of our own choices. The world around us isn't just something that happens to us, but something we actively shape with every daily brick, whether in our routine, relationships, or thoughts.
Knowing that we built everything up to this point brings huge responsibility, but also a surreal freedom: if the current scenery doesn't please us, the pen is still in our hand to change the script. We can absolutely build it differently!
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
@Natasha_Jay The frustrating part of this that yes, it's totally correct, but we, as a society, just. don't. change. it.
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
@Natasha_Jay
"eating meat" is another one of those extremely deadly made-up concepts. -
@Natasha_Jay The frustrating part of this that yes, it's totally correct, but we, as a society, just. don't. change. it.
@ainmosni @Natasha_Jay ackshuallee... as a society (which society? who? where? when?) we do change a lot, but not at the same time, everywhere, in the same way.
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@ainmosni @Natasha_Jay ackshuallee... as a society (which society? who? where? when?) we do change a lot, but not at the same time, everywhere, in the same way.
@joe_vinegar @Natasha_Jay fair, although right now it feels like the main change factors are in the wrong direction.
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
@Natasha_Jay More 'they' than 'we', but yeah. Time to change the rhetoric to reflect the values of the kind and build the society of the caring by heavily taxing the unkind and uncaring
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@Natasha_Jay This is why I am so angry that the word "conservative" is burned. I would like to be conservative, as in, to conserve and protect what is good in society. Like laws that protect the weak from the strong. Or rights that apply to every human being. All made up, but worth protecting.
Is there maybe a better word for wanting to protect the achievements of society?
"Modern Social Democracy".
OK, more of a definition than a word, but probably still worth looking up to see if it matches what you are aiming to preserve.
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
@Natasha_Jay Even more so that many of the things people take for granted were actually build or made up during the last century. "The concrete is still fresh and one can easily leave a mark."
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
Exactly this indeed, we made it all up, and it can be changed if we want to…
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
@Natasha_Jay we can burn it down even quicker. dont play with fire kids
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One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.
All of it.
And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.
We can build differently.
@Natasha_Jay This is one of my litanies:
Make #BehavioralScience #CoreEducation, or #BackIntoCaves
Historians accurately claim ignorance, is the ultimate enemy. So why wouldn't the best #education, Behavioral Science, by the greatest solve?
Because ignorance is currently in the majority, and spreading... instead of the increasingly dire necessity, of its opposite.
So at scale, what's the "back into caves" equivalent?.. teach #permaculture alongside Behavioral Science - or, as that "dire" substitute. Because if you don't have the basic tools to survive, instead of the luxury of thrive, then you're deservedly EXTINCT.
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@Natasha_Jay Eeyup. I am very much aware this hellhole we live in is of our own creation. :<
@MMusselwhite @Natasha_Jay
"As history confirms, people will change their minds about almost anything, from which god they worship to how they style their hair. But when it comes to existential judgments, human beings in general have an unfalteringly good opinion of themselves and their condition in this world and are steadfastly confident they are not a collection of self-conscious nothings."
- Thomas Ligotti
