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bit the bullet and published it: 'My plan to leave the world as we know it.' https://paragraph.xyz/@benna/my-plan-to-leave-the-world-as-we-know-it
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Naomi
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Oooh this resonates. It's what Marx calls alienation and everyone after him also found is one of the worst products of capitalism. Estranging us from the world in order to create what exactly?! The produce looked so good. So weird how we often feel most alive when we're absolutely detached from what is good for the GDP or whatever. Thanks for sharing. Definitely you're not alone. I'm currently reading Hanna Arendt on the human condition and she picks up on this too, nearly hundred years ago. You might enjoy some of her writing too. It's at least a little consoling to see, this isn't a crazy thing to feel. It's the system.
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i think what pushed me to publish it is that i went for brunch with a friend this morning and sheβs in EXACTLY the same spot as me. think itβs a symptom of our generation tbh so yeah, if other people read it and also decide to run off to a farm or house in the mountains thatβd be cool ahahaha. Iβve only ever read excerpts from Arendt and am very curious about her work! where should I start?
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Naomi
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Everything I read from her so far was very readable - including the essays. Something like Origins of Totalitarianism is probably fitting too in our times. But actually On The Human Condition is considered her main work and it does talk exactly about work, creation and society - I'm halfway in - it's not one to race through ^^ It's great though. Also the honest broker recently wrote down lessons from even just the intro to that book: https://www.honest-broker.com/p/what-you-can-learn-from-just-seven It's what made me get it
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