Peter Kahn thank you so much for sharing your thought and also your feelings with listeners and viewers. It meant a lot to me to see you showing, not hiding, your upset and grief when citing the example of logging and re-logging and seeing the aftermath. Our emotional responses, too, are part of the work to understand and chart our direction into the future.
Pretty confusing - was this presentation supposed to be an advert for an Orwellian brave new world? Plasma windows? Why not real windows? Hugging a robot because it demands a hug? Look how the human huggers try to avoid body contact ( the real essence of hugs) and try to give it with a bit of cheek and hands only....and all this embedded into an argument for how important our connection to real- even wild!- nature is....? So am i supposed to clap for hugging, emotionless robots or am i claiming my right for being part of the natural and not the robotic world??
I'm afraid I absolutely disagree!!! Nothing can replace real interaction with wild nature. I can always tell whether someone speaks from true, lived nature experience and interaction vs artificial book knowlege of nature. Very sad because this is so terribly misleading. Nature is complex and so is the intricate evolutionary process that shaped our senses to interact with the matrix of life. Our senses just won't respond the same way to robotic pets or digital imagery. It's just terribly wrong thinking. It is in fact taking Ecopsychology into a dead end street. Immersion in wild Nature is the only way to heal your body and psyche. It is the one true way to find joy and peace in a sad and broken world. This man should not be teaching Ecopsychology.
Peter Kahn thank you so much for sharing your thought and also your feelings with listeners and viewers. It meant a lot to me to see you showing, not hiding, your upset and grief when citing the example of logging and re-logging and seeing the aftermath. Our emotional responses, too, are part of the work to understand and chart our direction into the future.
Hi UWTV =),
Thank you for taking the time and effort to both upload and share this video with the youtube family. I hope you have a nice day =).
Pretty confusing - was this presentation supposed to be an advert for an Orwellian brave new world? Plasma windows? Why not real windows? Hugging a robot because it demands a hug? Look how the human huggers try to avoid body contact ( the real essence of hugs) and try to give it with a bit of cheek and hands only....and all this embedded into an argument for how important our connection to real- even wild!- nature is....? So am i supposed to clap for hugging, emotionless robots or am i claiming my right for being part of the natural and not the robotic world??
eco = tech ?
I'm afraid I absolutely disagree!!! Nothing can replace real interaction with wild nature. I can always tell whether someone speaks from true, lived nature experience and interaction vs artificial book knowlege of nature. Very sad because this is so terribly misleading. Nature is complex and so is the intricate evolutionary process that shaped our senses to interact with the matrix of life. Our senses just won't respond the same way to robotic pets or digital imagery. It's just terribly wrong thinking. It is in fact taking Ecopsychology into a dead end street. Immersion in wild Nature is the only way to heal your body and psyche. It is the one true way to find joy and peace in a sad and broken world. This man should not be teaching Ecopsychology.