‘What’s With the Moon Names?’ – An exploration of ‘Slow Time’ versus ‘Mechanomorphism’
Channel: ramblinactivist
Date: 2023-04-11

Ramblinactivist’s Videos, 2023/11, 11th April 2023.

Time: Do you have enough of it?; does it drag?; does it pass too quickly?; and if you try and save time, why do you never get it back again with a certain percentage interest paid?

The issue here is ‘mechanomorphism’: The tendency for humans in a technological environment to identify their essential being with that of a machine. This idea will take a little time for me to unpack – so please, unplug your remote network connections, disable interrupts, and drop your motor functions into standby mode!

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Chapters:
00:00 Opening titles
00:35 Introduction
01:16 1. Revealing Your ‘Inner Machine’
03:02 2. Speed, Time, and Consumption
05:30 3. ‘Slow Time’
07:55 4. ‘Wheel of the Year’
12:20 5. In conclusion…
13:57 Closing credits

#time  #calendar  #technocracy #degrowth #pagan #primitivism #simplicity #anthropomorphism #slowmovement