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  1. Last 7 days
    1. You can’t step outside the forest to warn people about the forest. There is no outside.

      文章的元认知收尾,揭示了反抗的终极困境:连对系统的批判本身也会成为系统的养料。这种递归结构意味着不存在绝对的“外部”可以依靠。我们所有的思考和发声,都在不断重塑和强化这个认知黑暗森林,这是一种无法逃脱的数字宿命。

  2. May 2021
  3. Feb 2019
    1. by these elucidations given rise or increase to his doubts, and drawn obscurity upon the place

      Following Dr. Rivers's postmodern note, this reminds me of our discussion in class related to Nietzsche, how we're so often trained to assume that the text means something other than the text itself, and we search for the "true" meaning buried underneath the text, perhaps in the author's subconscious. I'm reminded to of a comment made in Dr. Johnston's poetry class, that we as critics don't spend enough time on simply characterizing texts; in place of depth arrived at through analysis, we should strive for complexity in our attempt to take the words on the page at their word.

  4. Nov 2015