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Replying to Avatar Erik Cason

Man, being back in an urban environment after years of being out in the forest is a real mindfuck.

I just notice the constant human pattern algorithms playing. All of the micro transactions between people, the unsaid normative system at play, the default mode of everyday being that permeates everything. It’s wild to see how the architecture of modernism itself dictates our entire way of being.

Most fucked up is how I’ve missed it. How the comfort of the system of constant appraisal and social cohesion and its overtures towards a nostalgic component of desire that never actualizes. You wouldn’t believe it, but spend a few years living alone out in the forest and you’ll be surprised at what you miss.

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Nathan Simone 🏴‍☠️ 9mo ago

I think it depends on the urban environment as well.

In general I dislike cities, but I love Denver. Perhaps because it is still somewhat close to nature.

Having spent time in rural areas with no cell service or basic amenities, there is both a solace and desperation that resonates in both environments - material and social.

One can adapt or go mad in either.

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