tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626105632159298493.post5629912473641452111..comments2019-12-24T02:04:06.950-08:00Comments on ForLoveOfGaia: AUSTRALIAN CULTURE AND SPIRITUALITY - 2023 updatehttp://forloveofgaia.blogspot.com.au/http://www.blogger.com/profile/07246195942084200955noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626105632159298493.post-88189400387069900822015-08-14T18:22:40.886-07:002015-08-14T18:22:40.886-07:00Thanks for these reflections, Annette: an oasis am...Thanks for these reflections, Annette: an oasis amidst mainstream religious & new-age-fringe versions of ‘spirituality’. Your points re a link between distinctive culture & absence of outside influence (conquest), & that before TV we had more time to reflect, are well taken.<br /><br />Loss of cultural diversity has ecological parallels: accelerating species extinction (& genome science is developing tools to engineer extinctions). Does a rare species exist if no-one sees or hears it? Where I live, hordes of humans move through the landscape oblivious to native flora & fauna, focused on their phones, ignoring trees, sky & water – unless their path is blocked by others stopping for a photo op. Even fitness enthusiasts mediate bodily feedback via devices. Technology is colonising not just global cultures but the human body.<br /><br />Meanwhile we see widespread faith that technology will save us – as if this incarnation of corporate culture is the new version of Jesus sent by an all-seeing (if unseen) God. We worship at the corporate altar whenever we perform the rites of logging into Facebook or seeking guidance from Google. You ask if we’ve run out of time, Annette. But who’s watching the clock? We’re the ones being watched in our blind rush to keep up. The next predicted platform for human culture, beyond the smartphone, is some form of ‘augmented reality’ – glasses that project a screen directly in front of our eyes, navigable by speech rather than typing – a literal conquest of our headspace to loosen our hold on the Earth & our senses, render us even more vulnerable to corporate agendas. But some of us won’t rush to conform.<br />observeroftimeshttp://observeroftimes.comnoreply@blogger.com