I will be doing a series on Kierkegaard since I forgot how incredible his ideas are.
Kierkegaard was writing in the mid-late 19th century. He was living in a time where daily news was gaining traction across Europe, radio communication was starting, basically, the modern ability for instant transmission was just starting out.
But what did Kierkegaard see?
Looking right through it to the truth he saw these modern technologies causing people to spend more time observing life and not living it.
From this, he predicted that one day there would be more people observing those in the arena than people actually in the arena.
More people watching life than living it, what does this sound like?
In 2022 the average American spends 8.03 hours a day on digital media and 5.3 on traditional media (Statista)…
13 hours a day! Over half the day spent observing, without action, not living! What sort of life is that for a human?
So what does this mean for us, for people seeking to regain our lives from modernity?
It means that if you want to be in the arena, you must quit watching it.
You do not need to quit movies and media altogether, but a drastic overadjustment is required.
Quit watching every hero movie that gets released, go and be a damn hero! Or minimally put; quit watching the life you want, go out and seize it! Fight for it!
Get into that damn arena, mar your face with dust and sweat and blood, fight valiantly and come to learn of victory and defeat, come to learn what fully living feels like.
🖼 Eran Fowler – Reality - 2005
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