Some further thoughts on the identification of the iPhone with the iMyself, and the desire to annihilate the one as a proxy for the other. Note: this phone was already broken at the time of this hammering. …Though confessedly, it had been broken by me, because of phone rage. Obviously it’s wasteful to destroy stuff, and these things can be used for good. I’m also an advocate for object sacredness, and treating even inanimate things with care, as an ecological and spiritual principle. Nevertheless, this is a thing that happened. How do we use our tools without letting our tools use us? Are the the spiritually deleterious aspects of these devices inherent to them, or built into their functionality by the ulterior motives of those who construct and purvey them? #phone #iphone #technology #philosophy #mentalhealth #digital #flipphone #socialmedia

🌎🎤 Upcoming live appearances in these Earth Weeks, in April 2024 of this Earth Life. I find myself doing different things in all of these engagements — different organic manifestations for each unique performative ecosystem. See below: 🌲Thursday April 18, 12-3pm at Brooklyn College Sustainability Fair — Rapping, tabling and talking philosophy with @bcsustainabilityclub 🌱Sunday April 21, 1-4:45pm at Earth Love Fest — Hosting panels (and performing some songs!) about climate activism at @houseofyesnyc 🌿Sunday April 21, 6:30pm at Vigils for Mother Earth Teaching and performing with the @nyccatholicworker Integral Ecology Circle at @trinitystmarybk 🌳Sunday April 27, 12:40pm & 3:10 pm at Climate Arts Festival Performing two sets at @queensbotanicalgarden 📸❤️ @delicate_liberty #ecology #philosophy #earthweek #earth #earthmonth #earthday #earthweek2024 #live

A new (old) era begins (returns) #phone #iphone #technology #philosophy #mentalhealth #digital #flipphone #socialmedia

New York City folks — show Friday at Catholic Worker Maryhouse this Friday 4/5 at 8PM! The Catholic Worker is a nearly 100 year old movement devoted to justice, peace and charity through communitarianism and personalism. This is a place where I have been spending a lot of time, and has been a source of joy, faith, action and community for which I’m immensely grateful. All are welcome, come through Friday night! 🌎🌲🎤 #ecology #philosophy #nyc

The final installment of a series about Data Ownership — you can now watch the full version on my Y.T. A collaboration with DrumWave. I’m going to be continuing to explore related themes over the course of this month. What do you think about the increasingly total role that digital Data plays in our lives? The etymology of the word is that Data is something “given” — and yet, ironically, one of the main characteristics of modern life is that our data gets TAKEN from us … In ways that come to dominate our psysche, our society, our politics. #data #tech #technology #computerscience #economics #ethics #philosophy