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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When did a screen actually help you feel closer to someone, instead of further away?”
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I think about boundaries as how I’m able to operate while being who I am. Eg. I don’t have generally strong boundaries around being yelled at because I can generally operate with an open heart while being yelled at.... There’s a general thing of using whatever personality or developmental framework to create distance and division. Instead of trying to really understand and empathize with a point of view, you "diagnose" someone as lesser or different because they are avoidant or amber or... - annabeth...
I’m pretty sure I was at the meeting you’re talking about, seems fun to look at it from this angle, and I have theories. For most of that meeting we felt to me like we were in an estended-family-playing-games-together vibe of playfulness, which in my family has a lot of jumping... - TRG...
The Math of a Good Transaction
Hey, Hi, Hello. New to the floor here. I’m TRG. In my world, we usually talk about "Edge" and "Variance" in terms of chips and cards. But looking around this place, I see the same math applies to how we talk to each other.... Yes! I was just making a joke. And appreciate you standing for this. It’s super important to include this disclaimer. It’s true that I’ve never had the male experience of ejaculation. 😅 As a "receiver"- I think it’s super hot either way.... - renee...
yes! I agree wholeheartedly; I try to gesture at this whenever people ask about the differences between different interpersonal relating practices—that to us the differences really matter, but from the outside it all looks very similar. Kinda like different kinds of yoga.... i love this question, and I think it's a tricky one. On the one hand, enrage almost never goes somewhere I actually want to go. It just deepens the divide. On the other hand, i deeply value being able to connect on differing opinions, I think it's how we grow.... - lyssa...
- aquamoon...
I love the questions and the quest. My findings on social media are different than in "person to person" interactions I experiece. Online immediate defensive judgement or attack mode for any controversial subject.... - onok, not to be a downer or start a fight or offend anyone , I just would like to ask if anyone here has thoughts on the global political scene. I am 58 and have never given two fucks about politics because I just always knew it was a joke, a scam, a game being run on the people. But the moves lately have caught my attention. Yet, I do not watch TV at all. for almost 10 years. Because it is an tool used to control perception and thereby behavior. And I like to be free from control. I have some very radical beliefs, but I am always interested in learning how other people feel and think about their life. I know I am intelligent enough to believe I do not know everything and also that every belief I have now has been expanded from something that came before it so all of my beliefs are subject to be expanded. so if you engage with me be prepared to not take anything I say as something I expect you to adapt to. I have strong feelings, radical beliefs, and I would love seeing if anyone else is fed up with the entire system as I am. 🤸🤸🤸🌼by
- onI am someone who believes that understanding the truth is worth the effort, even when it is uncomfortable. I have never been satisfied with accepting things simply because they are popular or because someone in authority says they are true. I ask questions, I look for evidence, and I try to understand what is really happening beneath the surface. I would rather spend time researching an issue than repeat someone else's opinion.bySassiebrat67...
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- onHow can we step outside the biases that distort our judgments of human development and history, especially if our neurological and transcendental structures themselves constrain what can appear to us as reality?bycerulean...
We should be more receptive to other’s opinions, problems and culture. Be more open minded. Participate in discussions with other people to hear their outlooks and social norms. Educate yourself by reading about different culture’s and beliefs....