Tube/Consumer Economy Detox

[David Morris]

Is Sponteneity free of method? Or Its own logic?

Impulses come, and impulses go.  And one must choose amongst them.  It is
not possible to say "yes" to them all.

Choices are inevitable.  Sponteneity is not choiceless.  It's a question of
which agency chooses.

David Morris

On Sunday, September 21, 2014, Quizael <quizael at gmail.com> wrote:

> That is awesomely insightful. We are at mercy of our impulses.
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> What makes that so idiotic, is that that is what truth is...responding to
> our impulses. Sponteneity.  A life lived by method, and logic, and
> structure forced and interminable, is truly laughable, meaningless, and
> undesired.
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> Sent on the new Sprint Network
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> Date: 09/20/2014 7:08 AM (GMT-06:00)
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> Subject: Tube/Consumer Economy Detox
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> Walker appreciates the irony. His endless hours as an online superhero
> left him physically weak, financially destitute, and so socially
> isolated he could barely hold a face-to-face conversation. There may
> also have been deeper effects. Studies suggest that heavy online
> gaming alters brain structures involved in decision making and
> self-control, much as drug and alcohol use do. Emotional development
> can be delayed or derailed, leaving the player with a sense of self
> that is incomplete, fragile, and socially disengaged—more id than
> superego. Or as Hilarie Cash, reSTART cofounder and an expert in
> online addiction, tells me, “We end up being controlled by our
> impulses.”
>
> http://theamericanscholar.org/instant-gratification/#.VB1tcxZnU38
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