Key insights
π "The world is animated in all levels, taking many different forms, which aligns with the Resurgence of animism in spirituality."
π€ The traditional understanding of electricity may oversimplify the phenomenon, as it fails to explain where the electricity actually comes from when magnets and copper wire interact.
π "Einstein said gravity doesn't make things fall bodies and space curve SP space right like the the planet itself is doing something."
π The concept of animism challenges the notion of water as an object and animals as movers, suggesting a more interconnected relationship between them.
π± The insight that animals, such as horses, can perceive and respond to certain sounds, suggesting a deeper connection and understanding between humans and nature.
π€ The concept of being animated by the agency of other things challenges the notion of individualism and highlights the interconnectedness of all beings.
π There is no reason to view the world or any relationship as solely animated or deanimated, challenging our traditional causal theories.
π "If we change the narrative container or envelope that holds the facts, they bring forth a totally different world."
The key idea of the video is that animism is a belief that everything in the universe possesses energy and animation, and this belief exists at all scales in the fabric of the universe.
00:00 π There is a growing belief in the animation of the world, with science and spirituality aligning, as everything is seen as either a force or an object, leading us to attribute consciousness as the force behind our actions.
There is a growing belief in the animation of the world at all levels, with both science and spirituality moving in the same direction, despite some people thinking they are mutually exclusive.
Everything in the world is either a force or an object, and our belief that objects need a force to move is deeply ingrained in us, leading us to attribute consciousness as the force behind our own actions.
02:56 π‘ The speaker questions the concept of electricity and realizes that it is just a convenient term to describe the interaction between magnets and copper wire.
04:09 π₯ Objects and forces are often mistakenly seen as separate entities, when in reality, objects themselves possess causal properties and can influence their surroundings.
05:20 π Animals in the Serengeti migrate towards water, but the film's perspective made it seem like the water was pulling them in, challenging the notion of water as an object and animals as movers.
06:42 π΄ Horses respond to the sound of a truck because they associate it with being fed, highlighting the convention of privileging one side of a relationship as active and the other as inanimate.
07:54 π Animism is about perceiving a multi-dimensional relationship where we are shaped by and belong to a vibrant and relational world, rather than being locked into one side of a cultural shift.
09:35 π‘ Everything in the world is constantly falling in love and seeking reciprocal relationships, but our exhaustion and loneliness come from pushing away opportunities for connection and failing to appreciate the abundance of love and relationships available to us.
10:59 π³ Animism is the belief that everything in the universe, from coffee to trees, possesses an energy and animation that affects people and cultures, and this belief exists at all scales in the fabric of the universe.
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Here is a great example why you don't need to talk about "forces" to explain how materials create agency together.
https://youtu.be/mnCmvxt2jn8?si=6jepxJnR1GhXa8ua
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