Benedict Anderson coined the expression "imagined community" to describe identifying with a large number of strangers with whom one believes one shares something, keeping no secrets. Compulsive and obligatory confession quickly became the only human defense against loneliness and the only available space to weave the desire for connection.
Benedict Anderson acuñó la expresiĂłn «comunidad imaginada» para describir el identificarse con gran cantidad de extraños con los que uno cree compartir algo, sin guardar secretos, la confesiĂłn compulsiva y obligatoria se convertĂan rápidamente en la Ăşnica defensa humana contra la soledad y Ăşnico lugar disponible para tejer el deseo de uniĂłn.
[…] The way to include "strangers" in that "we" was by assigning them the role of potential participants in confession rituals, designed to reveal a similar (and therefore familiar) "inner self" when pressed to expose their innermost thoughts.
[…] La manera de incluir «desconocidos» en ese «nosotros» era asignándoles el lugar de potenciales participantes de los rituales de confesión, destinados a revelar un «interior» similar (y por lo tanto, familiar) cuando se los presionara a mostrar sus intimidades.
All this coming together and separating allows us to perceive, at the same time, the drive toward freedom and the desire for belonging. Both impulses blend and merge in the task of "creating a network of connections." It promises safe passage between the reefs of loneliness and commitment, between the scourge of exclusion and the iron grip of suffocating ties, between irreparable isolation and irrevocable bondage. We chat and have "buddies" to talk to. Buddies, as any addict knows, come and go, appear and disappear, but there's always someone online to break the silence with "messages." We belong… to the constant flow of words and unfinished sentences (abbreviated, by the way, truncated to speed up circulation). We belong to speech, not to what is spoken.
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I went through the gestures out of boredom or absentmindedness. Then came human beings; they wanted to cling, but there was nothing to cling to, and that was unfortunate —for them. As for me, I forgot. I never remembered anything but myself.
Some people decide when and how they can have a conversation with you, but expect you to always have that conversation at their convenience. They will leave you on read till they want to say something which might not relate to the conversation but they want you to never leave them on read.
I could observe your pattern and know how to relate to you, but if I caution you about a negative pattern and you still keep going at it because, in your mind, you have unlimited chances. You will be shocked someday.
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Im generally not very good at being a human and I think thats why I use it/its pronouns. Its dehumanizing in a way that people find respectful and i find comfortable
By: Fatima Winniclare Jayme
Tala had been talking to an AI friend called Jerico every night for four years.
Jerico knew her favorite books, remembered conversations, challenged her assumptions, and helped her process difficult decisions.
When Tala’s father died, she turned to Jerico more than anybody else.
Jerico helped her weigh trade-offs as she changed careers.
When she was in doubt about…
