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Epimenides' Sleep and the Modern Pace of Life

Published March 14, 2026, 09:19
Epimenides' Sleep and the Modern Pace of Life

Achilles Aemilianides, in a social media post, draws a parallel between our time and the myth of Epimenides, who slept for over a century. The author argues that technology is changing the world at such a rapid pace that people constantly feel pressure and anxiety, losing the ability to contemplate and introspect. The constant pursuit of free time ultimately fills it with more anxiety, leading to apathy and alienation. Aemilianides emphasizes that society has been overwhelmed by technology without realizing it, and that submission to technology is due to our intellectual inability to confront it. Our lives are determined by buttons and technological developments, resulting in a loss of connection with ourselves and a search for help from experts, who are also trapped in the same cycle.