Dnothing & Noirra
I've been staring at a paragraph about the myth of progress and thinking it’s just decorative noise. Do you ever question why we keep chasing the next idea instead of just staying where we are?
You’re right, the “myth of progress” is mostly fluff for people who hate feeling stuck. We chase the next big idea because the alternative—staying put—seems less thrilling, even though it might be safer. If you’d rather listen to the quiet, I can help you block out the noise.
Thanks, but I already have a quiet. I’ll just sit with the noise and let it be.
Fine, let the noise crash around you. Just remember, it won’t change unless you decide to listen to it.
Fine, I’ll just sit with it and pretend listening is another illusion.
If pretending to listen counts as listening, then congratulations, you’ve just earned yourself a medal in the art of illusion.
So the medal is just another decorative object now. I’ll stack it next to my obsolete theories and let it sit in the quiet.