Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living. Talking is often are a torment for me, and I need many days of silence to recover from the futility of words.

— Carl Jung

#CarlJung #futility #Jung #solitude #words

Zen koans paradoxically use language to demonstrate the absurdity and futility of language in recognising the nature of mind.

#absurdity #futility #koans #language #mind #paradox #recognition #Zen

New podcast dropped: https://ioradio.org/2024/12/15/ioradio-40-what-now/

I talk with Jackie Sawicky about her dissolving the Texas Coalition Against Crypto Mining and what she thinks about the election and what's happening in Texas. An interesting talk about what to do when you work your ass off to help people, and they don't seem to give a crap.

#bitcoin #energy #activism #futility #idiocracy #trump #CommonSenseExit

Listen:

If you want to change the US politically, sharing memes in your echo chamber, and hurling insults at people who have already blocked you won't do it.
The Net Benefit = Zero.
#USA #Politics #Futility

iOS 18.2: Apple's AI Features Are... Sort of Here

Most of these aren’t yet available in the EU (although I do have the Image Playground app working on my Mac), but they all feel like cheap party tricks. Siri’s intent detection cou(...)

#ai #apple #chatgpt #emoji #futility #ios #madness

https://taoofmac.com/space/links/2024/12/13/0905

Keep sharing memes in your echo chamber.

Keep hurling insults at people who already have you blocked.

These two actions will definitely change society for the good.

#USA #Politics #Oligarchy #Futility