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Han’s work resonates with me deeply. He writes short, but dense books articulating and diagnosing the modern condition. This book or Psychopolitics is a great place to start if you are unfamiliar.
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A tight, quick read about the digital panopticon we all find ourselves in. Some really interesting work about outrage culture featured as well
Feb 7, 2024
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I really enjoy Byung Chul-Han have rec’d it somewhere on here before - I would start with The Burnout Society or Psychopolitics. He writes a lot about labor and mental health and data. some of the big ideas he’s proposed
- data and neoliberal economics/governments have transformed and expanded the effects and our understanding of capital and labor
- the fast paced, tech driven society we live in creates a landscape of psychiatric disorders. they aren’t caused by a deficit in our bodies and minds but an excess of positivity. the demand to succeed and fight failure and work efficiently might be burning us out or making us sick
- we are becoming self exploiters and class struggle is beginning to include the struggle against oneself to achieve and reinvent oneself
Apr 8, 2024
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I read Resistance Through Rituals in this incredible class while studying in London. The book features a collection of essays with titles like: “Style,” “Doing Nothing,” and “The Cultural Meaning of Drug Use.” Really resonant stuff. This book is my Bible and one of my favorite gifts to give. Tom Sachs is in possession of my first copy and I’m pretty sure he fucks with it too.
Oct 28, 2021
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Work from home, but don’t wanna commit to adopting? Between jobs? Foster a little fella who needs some help. Rescue organizations provide you all the supplies. These little guys just need your help badly. Please try this if you can. It’s excellent to have a loving bud around for a couple weeks.
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A stunning podcast that I’ve been listening to for years hosted by Josh Korda who uses modern neuroscience to back up what the Buddha taught. Each ep is a 30 min talk followed by a guided meditation. Him and his wife, Kathy Cherry, also lead fantastic retreats in upstate NY. Transcendent & essential.
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This camino is a series of ancient pilgrim routes that meander mostly through Spain and all end at the Cathedral Of Santiago. I only did a week on the Frances route and cannot wait to go back. All you do is walk all day. Never been happier.
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