- How long must you live to reach 4,000 weeks? 6,400? Does this surprise or disturb or motivate you in any way? How would you feel if you had less than 800 weeks left (to reach 4,000)?
- What do you think of Seneca's lament? And Nagel's observation? 4
- Do you wage a daily battle against online distraction? 6 Or have you surrendered?
- What's the "maddening truth about time"? 9
- Have you found your "larger cause"? 12
- Does time feel to you like a conveyor belt you can't keep up with? What does this analogy suggest is wrong with our relation to time? 20 Would we be wise to rethink that relation, in terms of the time it takes to actually complete specific tasks (like a "pissing whyle" for instance)? Have you had an experience of timelessness like Jung's? 22
- What's the Pomodoro Technique? Have you ever tried it, or anything like it? How'd that go? 27
- Have you conquered FOMO? Are you trying? Are you comfortable with COMO (Certainty...)? 33
- Does Busytown appeal to you?
- What was Arnold Bennett's dubious assumption? 40
- Have you experienced "existential overwhelm"? 45 If you believe in an afterlife, does that help?
- Do you send e-cards? 52 Will you still? How about letters, notes, postcards?
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Questions NOV 9
Commencing Burkeman's 4,000 Weeks (Intro, 1-2 (p.55)... I'll assign the remaining unclaimed presentation dates on Monday.
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ReplyDeleteDo you wage a daily battle against online distraction? 6 Or have you surrendered?
ReplyDeleteI 100% wage a daily battle against online distractions. To the dismay of many, I struggle mostly with Twitter. I am a huge sports fan and Twitter is how I keep up with most of my sports news and articles. I find myself regularly checking twitter instead of doing homework, reading a book, or other necessary activities I should be doing. I even deleted TikTok around 2 years ago because I would constantly delay homework for more fake dopamine boost from TikTok. However, recently I have been trying to be more mindful of my time spent online, and after reading Burkeman I am definitely feeling the weight of time!