There is a physical ability that we are already losing. One of the main functions of the hippocampus is the "head orientation cells," which are the ability to recognize directions: north, south, east, and west.
Hunters would not be able to survive without this ability, but people living in modern cities know that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, but which direction is east and which direction is west from where they are? Apart from those who love the outdoors, it is not a big problem if they don't know this and it is not a priority in their lives.
It is also said that this ability will be lost in a few more decades.
"Sensation, Body, and Cognition"
Information is input through the senses.
Collective knowledge and cognition through experience.
Experience is the output of the body, the result of active activity. First, let's organize the five senses.
Sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch
Vision
Visual spatial cognition (3D, plane, front and back, size)
Sense of balance (posture)
Touch
Sense of organization
Skin sensation (temperature sensation, thermal comfort/discomfort sensation), pressure sensation, pain sensation
Deep sensation (sensation obtained from receptors in muscles, joints, etc.)
etc.
*Sensations are linked between the primary somatosensory cortex in the parietal lobe and the hippocampus, allowing us to memorize spatial awareness, sense of distance, locations, routes, and the steps and processes involved in things.
The history of agricultural peoples began with basic rules of mutual cooperation from sowing to harvesting, and then language and laws developed for distribution, inheritance, and the resolution of disputes surrounding them.
In modern times, we tend to eliminate the unreasonableness, waste, and inconsistency of things, and not value things whose benefits cannot be explained. And the element of human "sensation" is neglected.
self-responsibility self-justification self-love
One's senses become inward-turned, and this awareness creates a strong wall of self-defense.
With the addition of modern technological innovation, tech, we can experience and behave as if we are "cognizing" everything. It is as if the system and tech are so strong that we forget about human "weakness."
There is a risk that humans will become closed off in an untrue world of fiction and forget their "physicality."
"Do we recognize our weaknesses?"
What are the experiences that allow us to recognize the "weakness" of human beings in modern times?
The absurdity of human society
The dysfunction of social structures
Bullying
Power harassment
That's the negative side of the community.
Furthermore, in nature we become even more aware of our smallness and weakness.
The security, safety and comfort of urban areas make us forget our human weakness and promote the weakness of our physicality. This leads to a decline in the will to live in the face of the complexity and absurdity of modern times.
Does "diversity" simply mean respect for individuals? No, it means "being able to make up for diverse weaknesses."
"Humans are animals that remember"
The history of agricultural peoples has created the basic rule of "helping each other," although cooperation ultimately leads to calculations of gains and losses.
The sense of helping one another is deeply connected to emotions and is remembered vividly.
Re-awareness of "weakness"
This is the opportunity to regain your "physicality." By connecting with the universe that is you, you sharpen your senses and regain the strength to live.
We walk an incredibly long way, returning to our weaknesses, our steps match, our strides match, our breathing matches, we enter the same world, we support each other
Increased chances of becoming closer
The world always contains opportunities that prompt our perceptions and actions.
Physicality and Sensitivity Affordance
What do you feel there?
What do you see on the other side?
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