A wonderful piece on the culture wars and a interesting perspective on culture and traditions. Progress and culture can go hand in hand because culture largely is an expression of human conscious efforts. As we have commodified cultural heritage in the digital age, the cultural interactions, differences, have found a new home on the global conscious but with no holistic framework that can be inclusive of both people, all ideologies are bound to divide. Looking at a holistic diverse interpretation of the world can help us moderate and stay neutral and collaborative in the new age of polarization.
Thank you for taking the time to read and engage with my post. I appreciate reading your reflections. You raise a crucial point about the commodification of cultural heritage in the digital age. Yes, we absolutely need a holistic framework that promotes inclusivity and collaboration. In the absence of such a framework, it is very difficult to navigate our diverse world, so its no surprise we have become so polarized. I think part of the problem is that technology is moving at a much faster rate than our collective consciousness, which is why it's so important to participate in these types of conversations with each other. Thanks for being here!
I agree with you. It's about making culturally aware systems, finding open platforms to engage in meaningful conversation. I believe in this quote " Simplicity is the hard won clarity amongst the people about what objectively matters". We all have our own sources of truth and internet and the global networks offer a platform for the collective conscious but it's not culturally aware or sensitive enough as it addresses only those privileged to be interacting with technology, but technology can be designed with more ethical and responsible approach. I do hope you find my content intruiging and applicable in the context of the holistic framework you seek. I hope to open people to the intersection of culture, tech and make it a cyclic systemised growth between man, and technology and perhaps your insights can be invaluable for my work as well. Appreciate the response and your support.
Thanks for directing me to your page! Your work is fascinating and so valuable. I'm really looking forward to diving into it. I'm always trying to apply a systems level approach to my thinking about how to solve our complex social problems. I love how you integrate nondual philosophy w/tech, it's something I want to learn more about. I'm wondering if you'd like to be a guest on my podcast so we can open more people up to this conversation? It would be sometime in the beginning of July.
Thanks for the big big compliments. I would love some more exposure as I'm starting for sure. Im still exploring this avenue as it aligns with my values and my work. I'm interested in a sit down and explaining the idea to people as well. it may help me also fine tune some of the ideas. Let's connect and discuss and then we can decide further. 👍💜
I love your reflections here, and I think you are pointing right at the REAL issue - we as humans are still very much caught in our own perceptions and perspectives - to the point that we believe that what we are seeing/experiencing/perceiving IS reality - and thus anyone who lives/thinks/feels differently from us must be mistaken in some way.
The root of this is a lack of empathy for anyone who is existing outside of our paradigm of what reality is.
It's also rooted in the fact that we all (unless we are consciously doing the work to mitigate this pattern) cling to our world view - because that world view is a massive part of our identity and our sense of power and control. The more we feel like we are 'seeing things clearly' the more we can feel confident that the choices we're making in our day to day lives are the 'right ones' - ie will lead to the outcomes we want. When we have to consider that perhaps we aren't seeing the whole picture or ever worse, that we may be WRONG about what we are seeing, it's not just about realizing that there are other people with other perspectives - it's about a destabilization of our sense of security. It also affects our self image - most people believe that to be wrong about something makes them 'bad'. Because our culture is all about spreading that message. So for someone to admit that their world view isn't holistic is to confront all the shame and guilt society has tied in with that.
THIS is the real reason I think people fight. They want to hold onto their world view so that they don't have to go through the existential crisis of questioning their way of life.
We cling to tradition because 'same = safe' to the nervous system. We don't actually interact with the people being harmed and thus it's easy to judge and 'other' vs. having empathy. We are raised in these little bubbles where we literally aren't exposed to other ways of life - and if we are it's usually in a way where the other way is being framed as wrong.
It's all about self preservation at the end of the day, and this again is so deeply triggering in the Western World where culture is ALL about isolating us from one another. It's a vicious cycle that keeps perpetuating itself.
A wonderful piece on the culture wars and a interesting perspective on culture and traditions. Progress and culture can go hand in hand because culture largely is an expression of human conscious efforts. As we have commodified cultural heritage in the digital age, the cultural interactions, differences, have found a new home on the global conscious but with no holistic framework that can be inclusive of both people, all ideologies are bound to divide. Looking at a holistic diverse interpretation of the world can help us moderate and stay neutral and collaborative in the new age of polarization.
Thank you for taking the time to read and engage with my post. I appreciate reading your reflections. You raise a crucial point about the commodification of cultural heritage in the digital age. Yes, we absolutely need a holistic framework that promotes inclusivity and collaboration. In the absence of such a framework, it is very difficult to navigate our diverse world, so its no surprise we have become so polarized. I think part of the problem is that technology is moving at a much faster rate than our collective consciousness, which is why it's so important to participate in these types of conversations with each other. Thanks for being here!
I agree with you. It's about making culturally aware systems, finding open platforms to engage in meaningful conversation. I believe in this quote " Simplicity is the hard won clarity amongst the people about what objectively matters". We all have our own sources of truth and internet and the global networks offer a platform for the collective conscious but it's not culturally aware or sensitive enough as it addresses only those privileged to be interacting with technology, but technology can be designed with more ethical and responsible approach. I do hope you find my content intruiging and applicable in the context of the holistic framework you seek. I hope to open people to the intersection of culture, tech and make it a cyclic systemised growth between man, and technology and perhaps your insights can be invaluable for my work as well. Appreciate the response and your support.
Thanks for directing me to your page! Your work is fascinating and so valuable. I'm really looking forward to diving into it. I'm always trying to apply a systems level approach to my thinking about how to solve our complex social problems. I love how you integrate nondual philosophy w/tech, it's something I want to learn more about. I'm wondering if you'd like to be a guest on my podcast so we can open more people up to this conversation? It would be sometime in the beginning of July.
Thanks for the big big compliments. I would love some more exposure as I'm starting for sure. Im still exploring this avenue as it aligns with my values and my work. I'm interested in a sit down and explaining the idea to people as well. it may help me also fine tune some of the ideas. Let's connect and discuss and then we can decide further. 👍💜
I love your reflections here, and I think you are pointing right at the REAL issue - we as humans are still very much caught in our own perceptions and perspectives - to the point that we believe that what we are seeing/experiencing/perceiving IS reality - and thus anyone who lives/thinks/feels differently from us must be mistaken in some way.
The root of this is a lack of empathy for anyone who is existing outside of our paradigm of what reality is.
It's also rooted in the fact that we all (unless we are consciously doing the work to mitigate this pattern) cling to our world view - because that world view is a massive part of our identity and our sense of power and control. The more we feel like we are 'seeing things clearly' the more we can feel confident that the choices we're making in our day to day lives are the 'right ones' - ie will lead to the outcomes we want. When we have to consider that perhaps we aren't seeing the whole picture or ever worse, that we may be WRONG about what we are seeing, it's not just about realizing that there are other people with other perspectives - it's about a destabilization of our sense of security. It also affects our self image - most people believe that to be wrong about something makes them 'bad'. Because our culture is all about spreading that message. So for someone to admit that their world view isn't holistic is to confront all the shame and guilt society has tied in with that.
THIS is the real reason I think people fight. They want to hold onto their world view so that they don't have to go through the existential crisis of questioning their way of life.
We cling to tradition because 'same = safe' to the nervous system. We don't actually interact with the people being harmed and thus it's easy to judge and 'other' vs. having empathy. We are raised in these little bubbles where we literally aren't exposed to other ways of life - and if we are it's usually in a way where the other way is being framed as wrong.
It's all about self preservation at the end of the day, and this again is so deeply triggering in the Western World where culture is ALL about isolating us from one another. It's a vicious cycle that keeps perpetuating itself.