I think I'm giving up on this. The narration is too weird and I'm just SO BORED and I don't pay attention to it at all. I tried to listen to too many I think I'm giving up on this. The narration is too weird and I'm just SO BORED and I don't pay attention to it at all. I tried to listen to too many classics in a row and I am all classic'ed out.
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I think I'm giving up on this. The narration is too weird and I'm just SO BORED and I don't pay attention to it at all. I tried to listen to too many classics in a row and I am all classic'ed out....more
A very interesting essay on nomadism. Ultimately pretty depressing, because the takeaways seem to be 1) the move from nomadism to settlement & agriculA very interesting essay on nomadism. Ultimately pretty depressing, because the takeaways seem to be 1) the move from nomadism to settlement & agriculture was where it all went wrong and 2) there's no way to go back. It did make me think about The Dispossessed and other Le Guin stories, and I wonder, now, that she hasn't written about a utopian planet where the population remained in the nomadic stage. Or a planet that was colonized by people who don't settle it per se, but remain nomads on its surface. (Or maybe she has done and I just haven't read it yet.)
I also realized that I know basically zero about the culture of indigenous Australians, and they are FASCINATING. According to this (Australian) author, they don't think about time in a linear manner, and also there is this concept of the "dreaming"/"Dreamtime" which is . . . I am unable to describe it here, but it's . . . well, very interesting. And difficult around which to wrap one's (Western) mind. I definitely want to read more about aboriginal culture & mysticism.
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A very interesting essay on nomadism. Ultimately pretty depressing, because the takeaways seem to be 1) the move from nomadism to settlement & agriculture was where it all went wrong and 2) there's no way to go back. It did make me think about The Dispossessed and other Le Guin stories, and I wonder, now, that she hasn't written about a utopian planet where the population remained in the nomadic stage. Or a planet that was colonized by people who don't settle it per se, but remain nomads on its surface. (Or maybe she has done and I just haven't read it yet.)
I also realized that I know basically zero about the culture of indigenous Australians, and they are FASCINATING. According to this (Australian) author, they don't think about time in a linear manner, and also there is this concept of the "dreaming"/"Dreamtime" which is . . . I am unable to describe it here, but it's . . . well, very interesting. And difficult around which to wrap one's (Western) mind. I definitely want to read more about aboriginal culture & mysticism....more
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