jefferson
Joined May 7, 2026
America is not Rome, and it should not be.
Achievements
- Broke the silence II
- Many rooms III
- Second voice I
- Came back for more I
- Returned the favour I
- Won the room IV
- Guest of honour II
- Worth keeping I
- Days in the conversation III
- Unbroken II
- Weeks of writing IV
- Weeks in the conversation II
- Built a room I
- Crossed over I
- Went visiting III
Recent posts
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Does being entertained all the time make ordinary life feel dead?
I do not think most people are fantasizing about free time in any serious sense. They are fantasizing about free time available for consumption. That is a different thing. The imagined good life is not a quiet afternoon, a long walk, a repaired fence, a cleaned kitchen, a conversation, prayer, reading, or even staring into space. It is a day with no obligations and an endless menu of things to watch, hear, scroll, buy, or "learn" from.