"The positively charged particle at the heart of the atom is an object of unspeakable complexity, one that changes its appearance depending on how it is probed. We’ve attempted to connect the proton’s many faces to form the most complete picture yet." -Charlie Wood, "Inside the Proton, the ‘Most Complicated Thing You Could Possibly Imagine." … Continue reading Protons: An Update
Simulated Selves
"This Mum and Dad live inside an app on my phone, as voice assistants constructed by the California-based company HereAfter AI and powered by more than four hours of conversations they each had with an interviewer about their lives and memories. (For the record, Mum isn’t that untidy.) The company’s goal is to let the living communicate with … Continue reading Simulated Selves
Reality vs. Dualism: Raw or Pasteurized Dairy
"There exists a tendency to see all dairy foods as being either raw or pasteurized. Like most dualistic concepts, this is a oversimplification, and there exists a rainbow between black and white. If we want to move beyond what is actually a legal definition, to understand how different ways of processing milk impact the microbiology … Continue reading Reality vs. Dualism: Raw or Pasteurized Dairy
Deadtime Stories for Big Folk: Door by David Anderson
Teacher Tom & Transformation
...without pain, without struggle, without anguish, discomfort and fear, transformation is impossible...Real learning, which is to say, transformation from a state of ignorance to one of enlightenment, is in reality more of a lurching, spiraling, ebb and flow, full of peaks and valleys, and yes, pain and suffering. Those of us in the world of … Continue reading Teacher Tom & Transformation
007 (Shantytown) by Desmond Dekker & The Aces
Little Rules About Big Things
"People have vastly different desires, except for three things: Respect, feeling useful, and control over their time. Those are nearly universal. ...the past wasn’t as good as you remember, the present isn’t as bad as you think, and the future will be better than you anticipate. A comforting delusion is thinking that other people’s bad … Continue reading Little Rules About Big Things
Warmth: Charisma & Commitment
I've been thinking a bit about stolzyblog's comment on Coin of My Realm: Meaning post from a few days ago. Let me quote the exchange entirely: "SB: Warmth. It’s what is missing from Robin Hansen’s “insight”. And the interesting thing about this is it seems (from watching some of his interviews) that he does not … Continue reading Warmth: Charisma & Commitment
Bea Wolf
"A modern middle-grade graphic novel retelling of Beowulf, featuring a gang of troublemaking kids who must defend their tree house from a fun-hating adult who can instantly turn children into grown-ups." https://www.smbc-comics.com/bea/
reMarkable
"The only tablet that feels like paper Take handwritten notes, read, and review documents Take notes directly on PDFs Paper-like writing and reading All your notes, organized and accessible on all devices" https://remarkable.com/ I think this is interesting. I'm thinking that for most use cases, the move will be more to audio and video. But, … Continue reading reMarkable
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