Re: <nettime> Forget who owns the truth. Just talk about the weather.

[Louis Rawlins via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

Christian and Joe, ya'll got me thinking of something I scribbled a few
days ago:

September 11, 2023 at 11:03:45 AM
> ===
> That’s Not The Right Question



Science may cause magic to be real. Magic may cause science to be real.
> Life continues to happen.



Also, Davide, super-geeked to read your reflections on the meetup. It's
great to have people mixing in person and online and figuring out how to
express it all.

Peace,  Louis

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> Message: 3
> Am ~13.09.23 um 20:10 schrieb Joseph Rabie und Christian Swertz:
>

[snip]


> > Apart from that, I personally find the idea that the meaning of
> > existence lies in transmission of whatever kind profoundly nihilistic.
> > It corresponds to the evolutionary idea (that I have come across here
> > and there) that a species?s ultimate purpose is to assure its
> > perennity through reproduction. In other words, its meaning comes from
> > mothering the following generation, and beyond guaranteeing that, it
> > does not live for itself. And so on, all the way down the line. I find
> > this sort of utilitarianism profoundly depressing, the antithesis of
> > the spiritual need I believe exists in many of us.
>
> For some people, spirituality certainly works. I have to admit - I'm to
> lazy for it. I've learned that most spiritual ideas are connected with
> lots of regulations. Thinking, nutrition, partnership, and the like -
> all regulated. And since I've not grown up with the protestant ethic of
> hard work, that's to much for me. I thus decided to change my
> understanding of "depressing" instead. Solved the problem for me - maybe
> since I have no idea what "spiritual needs" might actually be. Never
> felt something like that. But others say they do. Personally, I enjoy
> this heterogeneity.
>
> --
> Liebe Gr??e,
>
> Christian Swertz
> https://www.swertz.at
>
>

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