thinking about future shock today, and more generally, calcification and stagnation of self
why it happens, who it happens to, whether its inevitable
collecting some related thoughts in the replies
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@orthonormalist I made a quick diagram to explain this
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1387250372012650496
calcification as an energy-efficiency adaptation; why maintain expensive optionality if you're unlikely to need it?
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many people do the same; they search for their economic niche, a mate, a place to settle down, and then once this is achieved, their brains sort of calcify, as there is no longer any real need for conscious contemplation. from an evolutionary standpoint, it would be inefficient.
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1379652742264856576
future-shock is another cause of calcification, but more of a protective move than an energy-economic one; people whose ability to update can't keep up with the world retreat into themselves
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@mutual_ayyde great article thanks
so, capitalism as a chaotic economic state attractor, future shock stemming from exponentially increasing rate of update frequency, deterritorialization being societal disequilibrium, capital s…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1341634138886066176
the accelerationists say that (unconstrained) capitalism necessarily generates future shock as a function of its need for ever-escalating growth; the rate of change must always increase, because stasis is stagnation
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@mutual_ayyde great article thanks
so, capitalism as a chaotic economic state attractor, future shock stemming from exponentially increasing rate of update frequency, deterritorialization being societal …
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1341634138886066176
for many people, their music taste gets permanently frozen at what was cool when they were in high school; this explains much of the "oldies" and nostalgia phenomena
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a friend today mentioned a band I liked and was confused when I said I didn't, protesting that I raved about an album... 8 years ago
this friend has been listening to the exact same music since then, meanwhile there is little overlap between the music I…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1322390185963827200