Urgency is a byproduct of capitalism

Reflections updated

Tweet screenshot stating that love shouldn't be rushed, calling urgency a byproduct of capitalism that should occupy very little space in our interpersonal relationships.I'm not sure whether it's the old one gets, or just the older I personally get, but essentially nothing is urgent. As I'm fond of quoting the artist Finley Quaye as saying, "good things happen slowly, bad things happen fast."

Now, if I wanted to turn this note into an essay, I'd perhaps explore the way in which social media is a way to urgently remind one another that we exist. And then, for many people, AI is a way of generating content for that medium.

But I have things to do offline, including painting a radiator and trimming a hedge. So that will have to wait.

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