“The difference between technology and slavery is that the salves are fully aware that hey are not free.” Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Some Say Some say it occurs in countless forms unimaginable, the extension of the mind to an attention of everything, an exponential blossoming deficit of all as nothing, s/he grandstanding on every rotunda platform of like. The extension of the mind to an attention of everything, ephemeral pathologies for the terminally oriented world, s/he grandstanding on every rotunda platform of like, an absurd macabre darkly portending trite delights. Ephemeral pathologies for the terminally oriented world, distractions of division to appease the mindlessness, an absurd macabre darkly portending trite delights, offerings of cheap apologetics dumbing downwards. Distractions of division to appease the mindlessness, and exponential blossoming deficit of all as nothing, offerings of cheap apologetics dumbing downwards, some say it occurs in countless forms unimaginable. Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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It’s a lifestyle!
Unpredictable?
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Perhaps, though silliness comes cheap.
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“Dumbing downwards!” 🤣
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I think it’s picking up speed 🙂
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What? I can’t hear you! Too much wind in my ears! 😆
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The so-called “race to the bottom”? Higher ed in the US has been bandying this phrase about recently.
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That’s what has happened across the West really in my view – when education was tied to money it was its downfall.
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I’ve worked in higher ed since 1988, and I couldn’t agree more. Education is a social institution, not a business. What I’m seeing now is that higher education is further widening the gap between the haves and the have-nots.
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Yes, and corporate controls in many sectors too, especially science.
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Many thanks for the share – I note your reading material corresponds to some of mine 🙂
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A very trenchant pantoum! I shall share it on Twitter and see if anything bad happens to me.
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Thank you Liz – hope you survive 🙂
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You’re welcome, Paul. So far, so good . . .
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🙂
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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🙂
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Always a joy and pleasure to read and share your posts with followers, My Dear! Have a great day!!
xoxox 😘💕🎁🌹
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You too. 🙂
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Truely the master of the Pantoum – another fantastic poem
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High praise indeed, thank you so much.
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Frightening, actually!
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Same scene in Tokio 2001- everyone seemed to be obsessed with their mobile phone. Noone would have noticed a bear or gorilla on a public space.
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Ah, yes, so focussed/distracted they fail to see.
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I thought then: If you would froze everyone who had a cell phone in the scenery no one would move..
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Yes, I think that’s the state of things most places now, the anxiety of missing a call, a like, a message etc.
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