npub1ut…nm9c9 on Nostr: nprofile1q…lqz4x Control is a vital part of being. Lacking control can literally ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqhykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fswlqz4x (nprofile…qz4x) Control is a vital part of being. Lacking control can literally result in your brain not developing (as shown in some frankly disturbing studies a few decades ago with kittens).
I've been pretty substantially disabled by long COVID. A couple years ago, my family was going to a theme park, and there was no way I was going to be able to walk around the park for very long, so we rented a wheelchair and my wife pushed me around.
This experience was incredibly disassociating. By lunch, I didn't feel like a person anymore. Even though, I could stand up whenever I wanted. Even though, if I asked to be pushed in a direction, my wife gladly would. The simple fact that the default was that I didn't control how I moved removed me from the experience.
I'll never do it again without a motorized wheelchair. Animals, especially human ones, need control over themselves. I will never be pushed around in a wheelchair again if I can help it.
And I'll never let an algorithm decide what it is that I see.
I've been pretty substantially disabled by long COVID. A couple years ago, my family was going to a theme park, and there was no way I was going to be able to walk around the park for very long, so we rented a wheelchair and my wife pushed me around.
This experience was incredibly disassociating. By lunch, I didn't feel like a person anymore. Even though, I could stand up whenever I wanted. Even though, if I asked to be pushed in a direction, my wife gladly would. The simple fact that the default was that I didn't control how I moved removed me from the experience.
I'll never do it again without a motorized wheelchair. Animals, especially human ones, need control over themselves. I will never be pushed around in a wheelchair again if I can help it.
And I'll never let an algorithm decide what it is that I see.