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The Absurdity of “Online Community” (12/19/19)
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The Absurdity of “Online Community”
We are elements somehow animated by the energy of life on a piece of dirt between deep waters and high clouds and… we are not alone. Though we might not be conscious of it, as material beings we are in constant intimate connection with a vast network of animals, plants, fungus, bacteria and who knows what else, experiencing all of it together in a dynamic equilibrium.
The computer conveys almost nothing of that. Nearly every detail of an online interaction is filled in by our imaginations. Additionally, the raw materials for our imaginations are increasingly sourced online, so we have a virtual world instructing us how to make a virtual world. It’s mostly—like way mostly, not just a little bit mostly—in our heads.
In terms of the physical, the online “world” is a flight of fancy.
Original post on Macksa Moksha Press: https://macskamoksha.com/2019/12/the-absurdity-of-online-community
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