It has done more good than almost all other animating principles. But that spell is ending. We no longer like phones because our age doesn’t tell us how to use them responsibly. It only tells us how to make them even more addictive.

It hurts to let go of what we thought we knew. But to me, it’s a relief to let go of the idea that I could ever draw a circle around myself that is complete."

article titled The Disenchantment of the Modern World Is a Myth
https://www.taylorforeman.com/p/the-disenchantment-of-the-modern

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@cdarwin

Peter Putnam and his theory of the mind.

Wow. Fascinating article by Amanda Gefter, weaving together so many aspects of this man's thinking and his difficult life, cursed and blessed at the same time.

And Putnam's idea that learning and innovation emerge from a system whose components all have the goal of repetition and no-change is truly interesting.

#PeterPutnam #AmandaGefter #mind #learning