[HN Gopher] Routine maintenance: Embracing habit in an automated... ___________________________________________________________________ Routine maintenance: Embracing habit in an automated world Author : anarbadalov Score : 18 points Date : 2022-02-15 21:18 UTC (2 days ago) (HTM) web link (harpers.org) (TXT) w3m dump (harpers.org) | anarbadalov wrote: | "This is the quiet miracle of repetition: its ability to not only | make actions easier over time, but also change one's desires, | bringing the cravings of the flesh in line with the aspirations | of the spirit (or as James puts it, making "our nervous system | our ally instead of our enemy"). It is a miracle well known to | the religious convert who comes to look forward to the once- | dreaded rite of confession, or the new parent who becomes | acclimated to a lack of sleep, or the Twitter addict who realizes | a few months after deleting the app that he can no longer recall | the enthralling drama of the feed." | | Extraordinary essay on habits and routines. Hat tip to The | Browser (https://thebrowser.com/) for alerting me to it. | drewcoo wrote: | Strangely, it claims we are moderns and then the article applies | postmodernism, deconstructing habits as if that makes sense. | | It's Harper's so am I missing the joke? (Maybe, as "repetition" | repeats in the piece . . .) | coldtea wrote: | To be postmodern you must also be modern. Post-modern is a | cultural thing (in the area of culture, ideas, media, etc.), | but our environment, cities, technology, and structure of | society is still the one modernity created. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-02-17 23:01 UTC)