This silly book I am reading for Alpha class has me thinking a bit. It is a tad preachy I think but there are some good points that the author makes. He was discussing how people want to be alone yet with people through texting and instant messaging which is a kind of weird concept. I just got to thinking about how "I'm bored" is heard all too often in today's society. It seems like, people need to be constantly entertained. I mean, how bored are you really? Can you not just sit there and think? Does someone or thing have to always do the thinking for you? People are lazy probably. We always need a T.V. show or webpage, of which there are usually a few open, or a friend to gossip with, or a video game, or something that instantly appeals to us. There is no time to embrace a feeling before we have to feel a new one. People will do anything to feel a sensation and quickly assess it and admit they felt it then move on to something else. How does anyone know what they feel? I even personally need to slow down and just, do nothing and FEEL how I feel. Because right now I know I have several feelings but I cannot pinpoint any of them or even grasp and really feel them. I miss being able to sit around and be "bored" and just feel things. How do you even know what you are feeling is anything? It is some color/light/sound stimulated response and nothing more. I wonder where all the real feelings are.
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ReplyDeleteYou can't ask of everything to think. I don't care which time period you're talking about, not everybody is an intellectual. I won't deny the acceleration of culture matter, but I would say that it exacerbates an existing condition, as opposed to creating it (that is, the condition of needing constant stimulation.)
As far as feelings go, well, assessing those is a tricky matter anyways because it's entirely subjective. And quantifying subjective data is really difficult.
I also enjoy toying with the idea that thinking about your feelings changes minutely how you feel exactly, so the less you think about it, the more "genuine" that feeling is, but if you overanalyze the matter, it becomes somewhat muddled and blurry.