Once upon a time I wrote this (https://bigvaiandshiphrah.com/2021/01/07/no-news-is-good-news/), which I am proud of. It’s a fun read (unbiased and fact-checked statement). But I thought I’d revisit the subject. Because… I’ve relapsed. Into ignorance. And I love it. Take that, Dad! First. Yes, we should care about truth. And yes, news media (of a variety ofContinue reading “News Consumption (revisited)”
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Rereading Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Re-reading and re-orienting with Digital minimalism. some thoughts as I re-read this book.
Media consumption: Practical tips for moderation.
Last week we considered our attitude to media. You cannot take the right actions without first having the right attitude. Laws and rules don’t help without a renewed heart and mind. So implement change in your mind before you implement change with your hands. One follows the other but what you do follows very closelyContinue reading “Media consumption: Practical tips for moderation.”
Media consumption: Thoughts about our attitude to media.
Tell me if this is a familiar situation for you. You were watching a movie or a TV show which apparently everyone else has watched, thus necessitating your viewing of it for fear of contracting the dreaded FOMO disease. However, at the end of one or another episode or in a scene in said movieContinue reading “Media consumption: Thoughts about our attitude to media.”
A Summary – Competing Spectacles by T. Reinke – Part 2: The Spectacle
In the last post we ended with the question, “What are we going to give our attention to?” There is an endless array of spectacles to gaze at. This, of course, is a big part of the problem in contemporary society. Social media, video games, media, ads, all mining for the precious resource of yourContinue reading “A Summary – Competing Spectacles by T. Reinke – Part 2: The Spectacle”
A Summary – Competing Spectacles by T. Reinke – Part 1: The Age of The Spectacle
We live in the age of the image, the age of entertainment. Or as Tony Reinke would put it in his book, the age of the spectacle. A spectacle “…is something that captures human attention, an instant where our eyes and brains focus and fixate on something projected at.” (p14) Now if the spectacle isContinue reading “A Summary – Competing Spectacles by T. Reinke – Part 1: The Age of The Spectacle”
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