In this episode:
We look at our complicated relationship with technology and the challenge it poses in our experience of the symbolic life.
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Sources for quotes and more:
- "All time-saving devices, amongst which we must count easier means of communication and other conveniences, do not, paradoxically enough, save time..." ~ C.G. Jung from 'Return to the Simple Life' in Collected Works, vol. 18
- "A violent and complex stimulation of the senses...” ~ Alan Watts from 'The Wisdom of Insecurity.'
- 'Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man' by Marshall McLuhan
- 'Amusing Ourselves to Death' by Neil Postman
- 'The Distracted Mind' by Adam Gazzaley and Larry Rosen
- 'The Dhammapada' translated by Gil Fronsdal
- "Reflection is... an act whereby we stop, call something to mind, form a picture, and take up a relation to and come to terms with what we have seen." ~ C.G. Jung from Collected Works, vol. 11
- “As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.” ~ Henry David Thoreau from 'Walden.'
Music:
"Dreaming Days" and "Slow Vibing" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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