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"Touching grass" is the modern equivalent of Plato's allegory of the cave (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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When we get too involved in online matters, disconnecting from the internet and getting a hold of the real world is an analogy to the Greek Philosoper's work

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[โ€“] pedrosky 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I mean yeah shadows in the cave wall is a pretty great analogy for how we see our world through social media not a lot of nuance or detail

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

teeve/radio before internet, news paper before that and church before peasants learned how to read propaganda.