[HN Gopher] Routine maintenance: Embracing habit in an automated...
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       Routine maintenance: Embracing habit in an automated world
        
       Author : anarbadalov
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2022-02-15 21:18 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | anarbadalov wrote:
       | "This is the quiet miracle of repetition: its ability to not only
       | make actions easier over time, but also change one's desires,
       | bringing the cravings of the flesh in line with the aspirations
       | of the spirit (or as James puts it, making "our nervous system
       | our ally instead of our enemy"). It is a miracle well known to
       | the religious convert who comes to look forward to the once-
       | dreaded rite of confession, or the new parent who becomes
       | acclimated to a lack of sleep, or the Twitter addict who realizes
       | a few months after deleting the app that he can no longer recall
       | the enthralling drama of the feed."
       | 
       | Extraordinary essay on habits and routines. Hat tip to The
       | Browser (https://thebrowser.com/) for alerting me to it.
        
       | drewcoo wrote:
       | Strangely, it claims we are moderns and then the article applies
       | postmodernism, deconstructing habits as if that makes sense.
       | 
       | It's Harper's so am I missing the joke? (Maybe, as "repetition"
       | repeats in the piece . . .)
        
         | coldtea wrote:
         | To be postmodern you must also be modern. Post-modern is a
         | cultural thing (in the area of culture, ideas, media, etc.),
         | but our environment, cities, technology, and structure of
         | society is still the one modernity created.
        
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