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   Alexander Karn (xankarn@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 11:53:09 JST Alexander Karn

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   @breadandcircuses

   We have a consumer economy that’s mostly built on addiction and dopamine hacks: sports books, alcohol, vaping, caffeine, sugar/salt/fats, porn, one-click purchasing, buy now/pay later, gamification, etc.

   I’m FAR from being an off the grid type or a neo-puritan, but every day I’m looking for ways to steer clear and stay free. Sometimes it’s as simple as tuning in to the things that can’t be bought and sold.

   #ResistMuchObeyLittle

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 11:53:05 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     • Xenofact (he/him):jrbd:

     @RevXenoFact @xankarn @breadandcircuses I'd thought the point of "The five colors blind the eye." was that, by categorizing what one sees, one fails to see the thing in its wholeness?

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     Alexander Karn (xankarn@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 11:53:07 JST Alexander Karn

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     • Xenofact (he/him):jrbd:

     @RevXenoFact @breadandcircuses

     For me, that’s the main insight and value of all “Eastern” philosophy: getting to grips with desire and finding the mental space that’s necessary to be somewhat less of its plaything.

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     Xenofact (he/him):jrbd: (revxenofact@dobbs.town)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 11:53:07 JST Xenofact (he/him):jrbd:

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     @xankarn @breadandcircuses the Tao Te Ching itself calls out how "the five colors blind the eye" and so on - essentially notes on overstimulation. I found it painfully relevant these days.

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     Xenofact (he/him):jrbd: (revxenofact@dobbs.town)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 11:53:08 JST Xenofact (he/him):jrbd:

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     @xankarn @breadandcircuses no I get it. My readings in Taoism have been real unstructive.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 12:32:46 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     • Xenofact (he/him):jrbd:

     @RevXenoFact @xankarn @breadandcircuses You'd surely know better than me. It's one of those things where I read it once and have since heard it referred to out of context, often paired with "the five tones deafen the ear", and since I'm most likely to discuss such things in the tearoom, where we're more likely to discuss the perils of categorizing things too much, I've likely just backfilled a meaning not present in context.

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     Xenofact (he/him):jrbd: (revxenofact@dobbs.town)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 12:32:47 JST Xenofact (he/him):jrbd:

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     @roadriverrail @xankarn @breadandcircuses as it also mentions how hunting and such distracts you, I took at as being about distraction.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Friday, 03-Jan-2025 12:49:45 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     • Xenofact (he/him):jrbd:

     @RevXenoFact @xankarn @breadandcircuses Duly noted. As someone who owns like 5 translations of The Art Of War, I take recommendations like that pretty seriously.

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     @roadriverrail @xankarn @breadandcircuses get the Red Pine copy, worth the money ;)