![]() Judging by the state of the “environment” today and the growing mental health crisis of meaning and identity that is slowly tearing apart the most “developed” modern societies, the hyper-rationalism that grew out of Cartesian dualism is not only insane but also self-destructive on an unthinkable scale. What sounds more insane? That we are storytelling animals immersed in a web of relationships with other sentient beings, or that we are just detached observers finding ourselves stuck living in a meaningless and mechanical Universe. Yet, this was considered common sense for most of human history up until the late 18th century in Europe. To both the hyper-rationalist intellectual who lives in their head and the anti-intellectual modern fundamentalist who takes ancient mythologies literally, the idea that we are part of our environment is considered insane. The Earth is our extended collective body. ![]()
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