#LearningToUnlearn

The Lifeboat Academy

@lifeboatacademy.bsky.social

1 month ago

"When you live in a political economy that wants you to feel needy and insufficient so you buy things, that spends billions of dollars to convince you of what you don't have, to take stock of what you have inside and around you, the resources that are already with you, is a politically subversive act, and fundamental for healing some of the negative psychological effects of capitalism." — Joanna Macy

A system that thrives on making us feel lacking depends on our hurry.

This points toward a different first step: noticing what’s already here — within us and around us. Not as comfort, but as interruption.

More here: substack.com/home/post/p-...

#JoannaMacy #LearningToUnlearn #UnlearningScarcity

The Lifeboat Academy

@lifeboatacademy.bsky.social

2 months ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Courage only grows in relationship, not isolation.” — Ben Kadel

Courage isn’t a solo act.

It grows through relationship — through being accompanied, supported, and seen. Learning to unlearn includes letting go of isolation as a default and allowing shared steadiness to form.

#BenKadel #LearningToUnlearn #Community

The Lifeboat Academy

@lifeboatacademy.bsky.social

2 months ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Panic can wake you up. But it can’t build courage.” — Ben Kadel

Panic can wake us up — but it can’t carry us very far.

Courage grows more slowly, through steadiness and learning how to stay present without flooding ourselves. Unlearning includes knowing when urgency has done its job.

#BenKadel #LearningToUnlearn #NervousSystem

The Lifeboat Academy

@lifeboatacademy.bsky.social

2 months ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.” — Vandana Shiva

Many of us live as if the world rests on our shoulders.

The planet is carrying us. Learning to unlearn includes releasing the habit of solitary burden and remembering interdependence.

#VandanaShiva #LearningToUnlearn #Interdependence

The Lifeboat Academy

@lifeboatacademy.bsky.social

2 months ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.” — Garry Kasparov

Modern propaganda doesn’t just mislead — it exhausts.

When attention is constantly pulled apart, critical thinking erodes. Learning to unlearn starts with noticing how fatigue shapes what we accept as true.

#GarryKasparov #LearningToUnlearn #MediaLiteracy

The Lifeboat Academy

@lifeboatacademy.bsky.social

2 months ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “The harm of privilege is how easily it makes illusion and separation feel like truth.” — Ben Kadel, Farmastery Steward

Privilege doesn’t just give access — it shapes perception.

When life is buffered, illusion and separation can start to feel like truth. Learning to unlearn begins by noticing where comfort has narrowed our view, and staying present anyway.

#BenKadel #LearningToUnlearn

The Lifeboat Academy

@lifeboatacademy.bsky.social

2 months ago

A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.” — Carl Jung

Even good ideas can become narcotics when we use them to avoid discomfort.

Learning to unlearn starts here — loosening our grip on certainty so we can listen, adapt, and change how we act together.

#CarlJung #LearningToUnlearn

The Lifeboat Academy

@lifeboatacademy.bsky.social

2 months ago

Learning to unlearn Business as Usual and the Antidote

Change doesn’t stall because systems are complex.

More often, it’s because we keep carrying old habits — urgency, debate, half-cocked fixes. Learning to unlearn creates space for wiser rhythms to emerge.

Read the article:
emotusoperandi.medium.com/learning-to-...

#LearningToUnlearn #SystemsChange