I think this sort of sums up the "anti-intellectualism" trend we see going on. In the last century with easier access to education, computers, and information, it's become incredibly easy to intellectualize just about everything going on in your life instead of actually living it.
While our ability to rationalize is what separates humans from other animals, what separates humans from computers is our ability to empathize. I think we've lost that.
We've gone too far to rationalize things, and bit by bit, people, like Frances, are discovering ways to let go and embrace the intangibilities of life.
Very much considering reading the book, but Rooney just has a weird writing style I can't really get behind idk what it is.
Super cool read! You're talking about the difference between analytic and holistic ways of being. So much emphasis is put on the former, while the latter mode of thinking is becoming lost.
I love that, I read the book a long time ago but hadn't thought about it in those terms
If you haven't read it you might enjoy Shopclass as Soulcraft, by a philosopher-turned-mechanic. I remember really liking his notion of physical labor being very intellectually stimulating because it forces you to bump up against reality in a way that most "knowledge work" does not
I love this so much! and totally disagree that this feels underbaked- going to buy the book now haha
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I think this sort of sums up the "anti-intellectualism" trend we see going on. In the last century with easier access to education, computers, and information, it's become incredibly easy to intellectualize just about everything going on in your life instead of actually living it.
While our ability to rationalize is what separates humans from other animals, what separates humans from computers is our ability to empathize. I think we've lost that.
We've gone too far to rationalize things, and bit by bit, people, like Frances, are discovering ways to let go and embrace the intangibilities of life.
Very much considering reading the book, but Rooney just has a weird writing style I can't really get behind idk what it is.
Super cool read! You're talking about the difference between analytic and holistic ways of being. So much emphasis is put on the former, while the latter mode of thinking is becoming lost.
Thank you! That’s a nice way of summing it up :)
I love that, I read the book a long time ago but hadn't thought about it in those terms
If you haven't read it you might enjoy Shopclass as Soulcraft, by a philosopher-turned-mechanic. I remember really liking his notion of physical labor being very intellectually stimulating because it forces you to bump up against reality in a way that most "knowledge work" does not
Interesting! Thanks for the rec - it does sound relevant!
Excited for the next 8 weeks!!
ty for keeping me accountable!!!
omg hi worlds collide
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