<nettime> Next Nature

[Louis Rawlins via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

Hi Michael,

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 8:26 PM <nettime-l-request@lists.nettime.org> wrote:

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> Hi Brian, greetings everybody:
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> With respect, what does this even mean:
>
> >Nature is somehow an Other with whom we must compose.
>
> Demodex species live on most mammals, ... They merely belong
> to the more-than-50% of "you" that's not specifically "you."
>
> Though of course, where do "you" really live? What part of "you" is really
> "you," given that most of the "you" presumed to be human is actually the
> support system: organs and arteries and corpuscles and ductwork and nerve
> endings supporting -- what? Presumably supporting Wherever that Other is
> supposed to live. (Even as it also supports the above-mentioned
> "individual" ecosystem.)
>
> So where does that Other live?


Wherever you'd like, I suppose.

This caught my attention a couple days ago:

"""
If you identify with all of nature, you’re pained by every felled tree. It
also holds for an entirely “other” universe, in which the sense of
alienation and futility would become so debilitating as to make the quest
for happiness—your own or that of others—impossible. For these reasons, the
Buddha advised paying no attention to such questions as “Do I exist?” or
“Don’t I exist?” for however you answer them, they lead to suffering and
stress.
"""
https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/NobleStrategy/Section0014.html

Peace,  Louis


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