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Their wordsI want to be so bold as to assert that this shamanic/somatic awareness I'm describing here is the natural state. It's not officially spiritual or religious. It's not made up of symbols or superstitions. It's a level before that, below that. It's pre-linguistic, and pre-symbolic.
Their wordsOur AI-driven world is a pseudo-reality. A symbol system based on a symbol system based on a symbol system. Predictions based on written language based on mouth noises. Or opportunity, based on agency, based on worth, based on jobs, based on corporatism, based on interest-bearing currency.
Their wordsOur modern technologized world is a symbol system we learn about in school so we can navigate or manipulate it as adults. We learn the street names instead of the terrain, value job titles instead of the social contributions, and pursue growth over wellness.
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