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Seeking the “soft life” — a balance to a techno culture gone wild

Finding harmony in simplicity: Embracing mindfulness in a digital world

Kem-Laurin Lubin, Ph.D-C
8 min readNov 24, 2023

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“The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; — Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!” — William Wordsworth

In our relentless pursuit of productivity, many of us feel like we’re screaming into a void, yearning for a moment to step off the relentless production train and reflect on our very existence and paths forward. This resounding theme of existential introspection and the quest for balance in a high-speed, automated world resonates deeply in my recent blog posts as well as the conversations am having with those in my circle and beyond. My recent post titles like:

The resurgence of the #softlife: Finding balance in the automated age,”

The illusion of productivity: Unmasking the corporate ‘make work’ culture”

and “Invisible scars: The hidden trauma of being labeled

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Kem-Laurin Lubin, Ph.D-C
Kem-Laurin Lubin, Ph.D-C

Written by Kem-Laurin Lubin, Ph.D-C

A Tech Humanist, I write about society, culture, technology, education, & AI. Additionally, I am a villager at heart.

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