Aish had some fascinating reflections on intimacy and agency.

· Bits and Bobs 6/9/25
  • Aish had some fascinating reflections on intimacy and agency.
    • You need both intimacy and agency for a system to be healthy.
    • It's notable that the person I linked to last week, Derek Thompson, is a proponent of abundance but also notes the lack of intimacy.
    • As our tools got better, our belonging got worse.[kl][km]
    • We're missing the meso scale of communities.
      • Due to data being infinitely copyable, you get a barbell: maximally open hellscape at one end and also fractal cozy communities that cannot scale on the other.
    • The meso scale of communities includes people who challenge you or you don't like.
      • Think, your neighbors, or other people at your church.
    • Mark Fisher has a notion of hauntology, a sense of unease and nostalgia, in the absence of a compelling vision of the future.
      • The slow cancellation of the future.