[hn_throawlles]

because occulted technology is sucking the life-force out of you and selling back to you some part of it as electricity. the trick is the fractional way they do this, only taking a 'negligible' fraction of each of the millions of humans...

but it adds up, and what is worse, is that it's greedy... so the fraction keeps going up and up and up, sucking more and more down faster and faster

but most will surely prefer the academic explanation, a lot less magic in that one than in this comment

[sdwr]

As an occasionally crazy person myself, I agree. Tried living without electricity for a few weeks in 2020, everything felt much more sharp and visceral.

Feels like modern tech has a numbing, coddling effect. You can explain it however you want, but I experienced the same thing as this guy, that electricity "middlemans" my life force, trading the high and lows for predictability, BNW Soma-style.

[voisin]

I would be very interested to hear more about your weeks of living without electricity. I assume this wasn’t just going camping but rather you had the remaining components of modern life (running water, toilet) but by no electricity did you also not have a fridge?

[hattmall]

I mean duh, how is that surprising? It's entirely about convience, entertainment and comfort.

[mise_en_place]

Advertising did the same too, as did TV and radio. Attention is a finite and scarce resource, that’s why companies have always targeted it.

[nehal3m]

And yet more mystery.

[hn_throawlles]

the "mystery" is part of it

it creates a curiosity, which has a softkind of drawing gravitational pull. I know I'm vulnerable to this.

The mystery drives motivation, hence the connection to energy (the capacity to do work). the curiosity propels my own motivation (willingness to spend my energy) to investigate these things, and others like it.

edit: I am sorry that what I have had to think to make my own sense of this complex reality upsets some people.

[namaria]

This kind of nonsense drivel detracts from fact based critiques of current realities. Do you at least propose something to be done or is it all just mumbo-jumbo?

[mrwnmonm]

It is not nonsense.

But I don't agree with the electricity part thou.

[namaria]

Ah yes, "is not", a timeless counter argument

[mrwnmonm]

Any mirrors in the house?

"argument"? LOL

[hn_throawlles]

to be fair, in my edit above i mean a sorry but not sorry kind of sorry.

mumbo jumbo for one person is another's deep insightful explanation... what's more curious is that i understand your perspective and you don't understand mine (not yet)

as for a proposal? dunno, I propose we all master the mysteries is the only think that comes to mind