{"id":26197,"date":"2017-05-19T22:21:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T20:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/?p=26197"},"modified":"2020-09-26T21:55:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T19:55:25","slug":"arendtian-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/arendtian-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Arendtian Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great essay from Venkatesh Rao in his Breaking Smart newsletter<\/a>. Here are the first few paragraphs, the rest is at the link:<\/p>\n

2) There is an enormous itch we all seem to share, to act in the world some way. To do things that are consequential on a stage that is larger than that of our private lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

3\/ To do what philosopher Hannah Arendt called appear in public<\/strong>. This does not mean narcissistically inserting cough Trump cough your life story into the narrative of the world via long trolls.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4\/ Instead, it means seeking to live fully in a way voluntarily recognized as fully human by others. Whether they agree or disagree with you, they acknowledge how you have enriched the human condition for all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

5\/ The side-effect of Arendtian action is entering history books, but that is not its intent. The intent is to live a fully human life, in the company of a plurality of other humans, who welcome your presence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

6\/ A mode of being human that transcends a life lived in private, with family, or within the closed cognitive context of a particular tribe.<\/strong> A mode that history has traditionally reserved for royalty.<\/p>\n

7\/ A mode of being that requires the presence of other fully human individuals around us, who also act. and act differently from you, your family, and your various tribes, in ways you cannot control.<\/strong><\/p>\n

8\/ Arendtian action is a way of creating a full life for yourself that goes beyond contemplation and integrates behaviors all the way from intimate and private contexts to the worldly public stage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

9\/ Arendtian action is <\/strong>action that allows you to feel fully human. It is not the off-by-yourself fuck-you-money action of self-isolation. It demands cultivation and use of voice. Arendtian action subsumes both mute action and empty speech.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the rest at the newsletter archive<\/a> (backup here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Great essay from Venkatesh Rao in his Breaking Smart newsletter. Here are the first few paragraphs, the rest is at the link: 2) There is an enormous itch we all seem to share, to act in the world some way. 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