The imposed post-operative downtime that has me confined largely to quarters (no long dogwalks, bikerides, swims etc.) has led to a few moments of clarity, insight, and resolve.
To name one: I'm clear now that I can improve the quality of my days, hence my life, if I skip several of my habitual internet pit-stops and stop "following" certain social media attention hogs I've wasted time and mental energy on. I followed because they are philosophers, nominally and in the modern academic sense anyway, who sometimes say things that amuse or bemuse or provoke in ways that seem constructive at the time but dissolve in retrospect. Scrolling from one such provocation to the next can seem rewarding or gratifying, but the time thus spent leaves barely a residue of valuable information. Never mind wisdom... (continues)
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