I wonder if this cultural depletion is a by-product of "goblin mode" a la Venkatesh Rao:
> Viewed through this lens of ownership, use, and maintenance being mutually alienated, goblin mode is that condition of the human self with respect to itself. You treat yourself as the property of a neglectful absentee landlord, you rent yourself out to users who neglect you as well, and when you break down, you hand yourself over to professional maintainers — the healthcare system — who try to restore you to “like new” state like you’re an insured car.
The pernicious effects of decades of easy money -- which encourages people to incessantly borrow and invest rather than to save -- are seeping in.
> stagnation, slow degrowth, high-inertia traditionalism, lack of innovation, claustrophobic connectedness with people you can’t get away from, things being nurtured to live on long past the point where they ought to be recycled, and so on.
Vincent van Girl /
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2024-07-02 18:13:55
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