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The Central Issues of Our Time | Media, Algorithms & Your Mind

Dhamma Talk with Q&A discussion exploring tools to stay grounded and guard and train the mind in this age of algorithmically driven media proliferation. Part of a half-day online retreat with Portland Friends of the Dhamma on March 8, 2025. Ajahn Sona Podcast: Apple - http://bit.ly/AppleAjSona Spotify - http://bit.ly/SpotifyAjSona Podbean - http://bit.ly/PodbeanAjSona Index (Questions edited for clarity and length): 00:00:00 - INTRO 00:00:15 - DHAMMA TALK 00:49:03 - MEDIA CONSUMPTION: Do you have advice on the appropriate amount of information to take in from the news - is there a way to strike the balance between being informed and up to date with current events and protecting your mind? 00:58:39 - LEADERS & ETHICS: When dealing with the individual in power, who is the antithesis of the kind of human being you would want there and they have the biggest firehose, you do want to know what is going on, but it is frightening and difficult. How do you work with this? 01:05:24 - ALGORITHMS & AFFIRMATIONS: I was wondering when you compared computer algorithms with our thoughts or intuition and was thinking about positive affirmations. Did Buddha say anything about positive affirmations? 01:11:39 - THE SIMILE OF THE ARROW: [With] the first arrow and the second arrow - does the Buddha and the arahant experience the first arrow, and they don’t experience the second arrow? 01:16:39 - RECONCILIATION: Something that I’ve been contemplating is creating the environment for reconciliation. Because I know that deception and lies are the tool of our times, and everyone is susceptible to be misled. How do we come together if we’ve been put at odds and have reconciliation? What is our role in reconciliation? Image credit: © Steven Pavlov / https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us... / CC BY-SA 4.0