Poor Clay. He should have come inside but then again being the heretics you are he may have faced the wrath of the alphabet people. Which if it wasn’t for the alphabet people gay marriage would have remained just part of the landscape. But apparently we’ve ceded to the pedos and freaks.
Back to your question about using “lens” or another word, l think it is the right word to use. I remember James Lindsay explaining the difference between “framing” an discussion or “lensing” it. He explained that if you look at something through a particular “lens” you are keeping it in tight focus rather than filling in a picture (framing). I though this was a nice contrast. Therefore, I vote for you to keep the “lens” in your description. “Through a . . . perspective” is too many words and a bit flaccid to catch people’s attention.
Josh (and everyone), for a deep take on the obtrusiveness of tech as a psychosocial development and how to cope well, you might like this podcast from October 2016 (!)
We moved here a decade ago and it was already sliding with the "urban travelers" and "out-of-state campers" who all fit a different demo than I'd known as homeless, in the traditional sense. These are not people who’ve labored for an entire career, only to have fallen victim to disability or addiction. Most of them seem reasonably sane, if infrequently sober. These are the perfectly healthy, dirty, lazy kids who all seem to own a newer smartphone than I do. We were strolling the 16th Street Mall back in 2014 and our 10-year-old son declared “Wow, there sure are a lot of people who like to go camping around here…” I'm not sure whom else to blame but their parent(s).
I think Denver’s local wokerarti may have actually coined that Urban Travelers gem…if not, they sure used the heck out of it for a while, and I still give them the credit for the chuckle it gave me the first time I read it. Out-of-State Campers was hatched after it was discovered that a couple of our responsible Urban Travelers had started the Nederland fires back in 2016.
At any rate, I hope you’re enjoying the rest of your stay, and we all appreciate the stretch of episode 163 while you’re on vacation. And enjoy your return back through DIA. :)
It’s a good thing I was lying down when you said you were almost 50, or I may have fallen down. Only 13 years younger than me. So hard to believe. It must be in the genes. I envy you.
Thank you so much for censoring yourself on the F word. I see it and hear it so much and yet it still triggers me every time. This, in spite of the fact that I sometimes involuntarily use it when feeling an unusually extreme emotion.
I feel a bit greedy and fearful in suggesting the following. But it is important to me, so I will offer it for consideration. Maybe you could find and use alternate, more benign words than “God”, “God damn”, “Jesus”, “Christ”, as expletives. I imagine it would be relatively easy for such an intelligent guy.
(I was strongly tempted to make my comment nearly book length, but I will restrain myself greatly.)
I enjoyed this episode. Though it was informal, it was fun to see Josh and George “letting their hair down” as it were.
Great episode! For the “lens” vote, I vote to change it but I don’t have a strong preference what to.
You and George are delightful! I hope you have a wonderful vacation.
How long did Clay end up sitting in his car? ;)
Great show! Love seeing George and the landline. 🤣
You guys talking about airports made me laaaaaaugh. Thank you!
Poor Clay. He should have come inside but then again being the heretics you are he may have faced the wrath of the alphabet people. Which if it wasn’t for the alphabet people gay marriage would have remained just part of the landscape. But apparently we’ve ceded to the pedos and freaks.
Back to your question about using “lens” or another word, l think it is the right word to use. I remember James Lindsay explaining the difference between “framing” an discussion or “lensing” it. He explained that if you look at something through a particular “lens” you are keeping it in tight focus rather than filling in a picture (framing). I though this was a nice contrast. Therefore, I vote for you to keep the “lens” in your description. “Through a . . . perspective” is too many words and a bit flaccid to catch people’s attention.
I like the 'lens' description~ Your work is so important and has helped others understand what these behaviors mean. Thank you~
Josh (and everyone), for a deep take on the obtrusiveness of tech as a psychosocial development and how to cope well, you might like this podcast from October 2016 (!)
https://kunstler.com/podcast/kunstlercast-282-shrinking-technosphere-dmitry-orlov/
"Hillary Clinton? She's an ectoplasmic projection of the technosphere."
Great episode and welcome back to Denver, Josh.
We moved here a decade ago and it was already sliding with the "urban travelers" and "out-of-state campers" who all fit a different demo than I'd known as homeless, in the traditional sense. These are not people who’ve labored for an entire career, only to have fallen victim to disability or addiction. Most of them seem reasonably sane, if infrequently sober. These are the perfectly healthy, dirty, lazy kids who all seem to own a newer smartphone than I do. We were strolling the 16th Street Mall back in 2014 and our 10-year-old son declared “Wow, there sure are a lot of people who like to go camping around here…” I'm not sure whom else to blame but their parent(s).
I think Denver’s local wokerarti may have actually coined that Urban Travelers gem…if not, they sure used the heck out of it for a while, and I still give them the credit for the chuckle it gave me the first time I read it. Out-of-State Campers was hatched after it was discovered that a couple of our responsible Urban Travelers had started the Nederland fires back in 2016.
At any rate, I hope you’re enjoying the rest of your stay, and we all appreciate the stretch of episode 163 while you’re on vacation. And enjoy your return back through DIA. :)
Fabulous home setting, by the way.... :D Lovely style~
I will say it again. I love the way you think.
It’s a good thing I was lying down when you said you were almost 50, or I may have fallen down. Only 13 years younger than me. So hard to believe. It must be in the genes. I envy you.
Thank you so much for censoring yourself on the F word. I see it and hear it so much and yet it still triggers me every time. This, in spite of the fact that I sometimes involuntarily use it when feeling an unusually extreme emotion.
I feel a bit greedy and fearful in suggesting the following. But it is important to me, so I will offer it for consideration. Maybe you could find and use alternate, more benign words than “God”, “God damn”, “Jesus”, “Christ”, as expletives. I imagine it would be relatively easy for such an intelligent guy.
(I was strongly tempted to make my comment nearly book length, but I will restrain myself greatly.)