I am not going to give up yet on the idea of a par...

2007-04-16T15:08:00.000+01:00

I am not going to give up yet on the idea of a park in Lagos. Having recently driven around VGC I was pleased to see a small park having been protected and people enjoying it as I would see in London - a glimmer of hope ??

But Jeremy, denial is more than a river in Egypt, ...

2007-04-14T01:41:00.000+01:00

But Jeremy, denial is more than a river in Egypt, it's absolutely necessary to the human condition. Someone should tell Gordon Brown. We could never enjoy anything if we weren't capable of shutting out all the pain and shame. Btw I love your blog and never thought I would find "In Praise of Shadows" on someone else's booklist.

Jeremy.You have written about Solitude, Consumeris...

2007-04-07T10:07:00.000+01:00

Jeremy.

You have written about Solitude, Consumerism, Affluence, Pleasure, Deprivation and Starvation in your post. In this context I want to post a part from my article which examines the impact of Speed, Overstimulation, Consumerism and Industrialization on our Minds and Environment. Please read.

The link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues.

The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems besides destroying the environment. All issues are interlinked. Our Minds cannot be peaceful when attention-spans are down to nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds. Our Minds cannot be peaceful if we destroy Nature.

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment.

Subject : In a fast society slow emotions become extinct.
Subject : A thinking mind cannot feel.
Subject : Scientific/ Industrial/ Financial thinking destroys the planet.

Emotion is what we experience during gaps in our thinking.

If there are no gaps there is no emotion.

Today people are thinking all the time and are mistaking thought (words/ language) for emotion.

When society switches-over from physical work (agriculture) to mental work (scientific/ industrial/ financial/ fast visuals/ fast words ) the speed of thinking keeps on accelerating and the gaps between thinking go on decreasing.

There comes a time when there are almost no gaps.

People become incapable of experiencing/ tolerating gaps.

Emotion ends.

Man becomes machine.

A society that speeds up mentally experiences every mental slowing-down as Depression / Anxiety.

A ( travelling )society that speeds up physically experiences every physical slowing-down as Depression / Anxiety.

A society that entertains itself daily experiences every non-entertaining moment as Depression / Anxiety.

Fast visuals/ words make slow emotions extinct.

Scientific/ Industrial/ Financial thinking destroys emotional circuits.

A fast (large) society cannot feel pain / remorse / empathy.

A fast (large) society will always be cruel to Animals/ Trees/ Air/ Water/ Land and to Itself.

To read the complete article please follow any of these links :

PlanetSave

ePhilosopher

sushil_yadav

That should be "mankind", obviously.

2007-04-07T00:53:00.000+01:00

That should be "mankind", obviously.

Jesus is dying for you and all manking and you're ...

2007-04-06T23:48:00.000+01:00

Jesus is dying for you and all manking and you're busy gallivanting around London. Shame on you Jeremias.

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I am not going to give up yet on the idea of a par...

But Jeremy, denial is more than a river in Egypt, ...

Jeremy.You have written about Solitude, Consumeris...

That should be "mankind", obviously.

Jesus is dying for you and all manking and you're ...