featuring I would then argue is the attempt to shape the space for action by identifying and circulating images of the future a process by which relationship between past present and future are enacted
for - definition - futuring - the attempt to shape the space for action by identifying and circulating images of the future (in the present) - a process by which relationship between past, present and future are enacted - Maarten Hajer
the imaginary is a sort of collectively held image of a possible future
for - definition - the imaginary - a collectively held image of a possible future
sharecroppers
this was a practice used after the abolishment of slavery. former slaves could "rent" land and then have to give all there money earned in this farm to the owners of this land, there former owners.
Studies of the future in terms of performativity explain how visions of the ‘future’ shape and coordinate social action in the present. This explanation comes in four distinct but closely related readings of performativity
for - performativity - definition
definition - performativity - In the context of futures studies, performativity explains how visions of the future shape and coordinate social action in the present that results in the construction of the future vision. - Performativity converts the fiction into the nonfiction, the imaginary into the real - There are four aspects to performativity: - sociology of expectations - sociologies of affect - collective imagination - material-semiotic approaches // question - what does this mean?//
gaslighting is “a form of emotional manipulation in which the gaslighter tries (consciously or not) to induce in someone the sense that her reactions, perceptions, memories and/or beliefs are not just mistaken, but utterly without grounds.”
Authentication (AuthN) is the process of verifying that an individual, entity, or website is who or what it claims to be by determining the validity of one or more authenticators (like passwords, fingerprints, or security tokens) that are used to back up this claim.
By sacred we mean unique, intrinsically worthy of respect and dignity, relational, life-giving and sustaining, and defiant of commodification.
for - definition - sacred
definition - sacred - While acceptable, I don't think this definition fails to sufficiently capture the essence of the word "sacred" for the purposes of the Deep Humanity praxis, where it plays a central role. - For Deep Humanity, we define the sacred as the intrinsic state of reality that is - a fundamental aspect of every aspect of phenomena and - transcends all attempts to describe it because it is intrinsic to all human aspects as well, including thought and language - is the source of all wonder and awe. - is the source of inspiration, creativity and healing - is intrinsic to every human and nonhuman living / dying being - is the nondual, unifying force between - individuals of our species - our entire species - and the rest of nature
Afrofuturism
for - definition - Afrofuturism - example - Wakanda
Civics in this book means “of the city,
for - definition - civics
definition - civics - I think this definition is too restrictive and would expand it to apply to any community
Sacred Civics movement
for - definition - sacred civics movement
mindfulness supports what we call Triple well-being that is personal Collective and planetary well-being
for - definition - triple wellbeing
definition - triple well being - wellbeing that is personal, collective and planetary
in recent years a new field has emerged that looks at the interface between inner development Behavior culture and system transformation this new field is called inner transformation for sustainability or existential sustainability
for - definition - inner development for sustainability - existential sustainability
seed commitment pools
for - definition - seed commitment pool - structural inequality - escaping
concomitant
a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something. "some of us look on pain and illness as concomitants of the stresses of living"
TMS transcranial magnetic stimulation
> for - definition - TMS - Transcranial magnetic stimulation
default mode Network
> for - definition - default mode network - neuroscience - meditation
synaptic pruning
> for - definition - synaptic pruning
impounding
impounding
democracy itself.
for - definition - Dark Enlightenment - anti-democratic internet movement
accuses Elon Musk of attempting to spearhead a private hostile takeover of the US Government on behalf of an extremist anti-democracy philosophy known as the ‘neo-reactionary’ movement, by effectively hijacking the Republican Party.
for - definition - silicon valley neo-reactionary movement
The Führerprinzip is the idea of the absolute leader who demands absolute obedience from followers.
for - definition - Fuhrerprinzip - silicon valley
haptic realism
for - haptic realism - definition - Mazviita Chirmuuta - SOURCE - interview - Youtube - channel: Brain Inspired - Episode: BI 186 Mazviita Chirmuuta: The Brain Abstracted - 2024, Mar
definition - haptic realism - Mazviita Chirimuuta - While mainstream scientific realism suggests that if a scientific theory is mature and supported by strong empirical evidence, then that scientific representation can be taken as the literal truth of how things exactly are. - In contrast, haptic realism, as the name "haptic" suggests, holds that the observer (human agent) through human touching / sensing of the aspect of nature studied plays an important role in contributing to the scientific representation. - In other words, the observer cannot simply be ignored and scientific truth has a kind of built-in degree of constructivism and relativism that depends on the perspectival frame of the observer - The many processes that occur when scientists are generating their theories creates simplifying models that strip away the complexities of reality but can be characterized by one perspective view - The scientist is situated and has his/her own unique - Lebenswelt (lifeworld), - perspective - instrumentation - narrative - to the observation and theoretical construction of the measured / observed data - But this is only one of many potential constructions - In this sense, haptic realism considers that the "objective" scientific reality is a partnership between - that which is observed - the modality of observing (instrumentation, techniques) - the linguistic words and constructed narratives using those words
HR Planning is a strategic process that helps companies plan for future human resources that are needed to support the growth, or downsizing of production demands. It allows companies to predict the future, analyze the needs of the company, decide the market availability of candidates for specific jobs, and make decisions when and how to adapt and use human resources (people
I think this paragraph hasn't define the HR Planning, just tries to identify some of its characteristics by using phrases like "that helps" and "It allows". please comment if someone see my point.
planetarization
for - definition - planetarization (of human culture) - SOURCE - article - Substack - The three civilizational priorities of the next societal transition - Michel Bauwens - 2025, Jan 17
creative minorities
for - definition - creative minorities - Arnold Toynbee, author of The Study of History - groups capable of inspiring action among the larger, less-educated, and less-visionary masses - SOURCE - article - Substack - The three civilizational priorities of the next societal transition - Michel Bauwens - 2025, Jan 17
system reflexivity
for - definition - system reflexivity (Moore et al., 2018) - the capacity to see the complexity and mobilize the agency in a system, while deeply engaging with diversity across multiple scales - SOURCE - paper - Reflexivity as a transformative capacity for sustainability science: introducing a critical systems approach - Lazurko et al. - 2025, Jan 10
So what is the central meaning of the word ‘reflexive’ in ‘reflexive moderniz- ation’? 4 ‘Reflexive’ does not mean that people today lead a more conscious life. On the contrary. ‘Reflexive’ signifies not an ‘increase of mastery and consciousness, but a heightened awareness that mastery is impossible’ (Latour, 2003).
for - definition - reflexive (in reflexive modernity) - not more conscious but increased awareness that mastery is impossible - SOURCE - paper - The Theory of Reflexive Modernization: Problematic, Hypotheses and Research Programme - Ulrich Beck, Wolfgang Bonss and Christoph Lau - 2003
Numinous - picked up of course, by Jung - to describe what the original, the primordial experience of the numinous is
for - definition - numinous - primordial - Otto - source - Meaning crisis - episode 33 - The Spirituality of Relevance Realization - Wonder/Awe/Mystery/Sacredness - John Vervaeke
Gnosticism, of course, is a way of trying to awaken us to the primordiality of, and the mystery in some important sense, of Religio.
for - definition - Gnosticism - source - Meaning crisis - episode 33 - The Spirituality of Relevance Realization - Wonder/Awe/Mystery/Sacredness - John Vervaeke
horror would be to be overwhelmed by loneliness. Would be overwhelmed by homesickness, cultural shock and a tremendous sense of alienation, absurdity, and anxiety.
for - definition - horror - alienation - source - Meaning crisis - episode 33 - The Spirituality of Relevance Realization - Wonder/Awe/Mystery/Sacredness - John Vervaeke
that deep loneliness, that deep homesickness, that deep cultural shock, that's domiciled.
for - definition - domicile - source - Meaning crisis - episode 33 - The Spirituality of Relevance Realization - Wonder/Awe/Mystery/Sacredness - John Vervaeke
I’m always seeing by means of the I”. It is phenomenologically mysterious to [us], but it doesn't mean that I'm unaware of it. I always have - to use older language, from the course I mean - I always have a subsidiary awareness. I'm always aware through my “I” of my “me”. I'm always aware through my framing of my framed. I'm not completely out of touch with it. It is not inaccessible to me, but I cannot focalised it.
for - quote - subsidiary awareness - I cannot finalize it but can be aware of it - source - Meaning crisis - episode 33 - The Spirituality of Relevance Realization - Wonder/Awe/Mystery/Sacredness - John Vervaeke - definition - subsidiary awareness - source - Meaning crisis - episode 33 - The Spirituality of Relevance Realization - Wonder/Awe/Mystery/Sacredness - John Vervaeke
quote - subsidiary awareness - I cannot finalize it but can be aware of it - John Vervaeke - (see below) - I’m always seeing by means of the I”. - It is phenomenologically mysterious to [us], but - it doesn't mean that I'm unaware of it. - I always have a subsidiary awareness. - I'm always aware through my “I” of my “me”. - I'm always aware through my framing of my framed. - I'm not completely out of touch with it. - It is not inaccessible to me, - but I cannot focalised it.
I can't use the grammar of subjects and objects, subjects and predicates, conceptual categories to talk about this (RR transjectivity) in the sense of exemplifying it!
for - definition - relevance realisation transjectivity - source - Meaning crisis - episode 33 - The Spirituality of Relevance Realization - Wonder/Awe/Mystery/Sacredness - John Vervaeke
NO! You didn't get me because (changes Framing to another Framed and draws another arrow outside the bigger box, connecting to it) what's outside here still is… what is framing that? You cannot have this… You can't have it as a focal object. It is mysterious. It is phenomenologically mysterious. James pointed to this in a wonderful distinction between the I and the Me (I: Me).
for - adjacency - I-me relationship - William James - subject-object dualism - experience vs conceptualisation of experience - finger pointing to the moon - subject / I am phenomenologically mysterious - Indyweb annotation vs Innotation - object-of-study focal shift - definition - potential vs kinetic adjacencies
adjacency - between - I-me relationship - William James - subject-object dualism - the eye cannot see itself - self consciousness - experience vs conceptualisation of experience - Indyweb annotation vs Innotation - object-of-study focal shift - definition potential adjacencies - definition kinetic adjacencies - adjacency relationship - William James's I-me relationship is about the paradox of self consciousness - modern humans distinguish themselves through excelling in cognitive abilities - but what happens when we turn this cognitive abilities onto ourselves? - Self consciousness is what results - reasoning about the reasoner - Just as the eye cannot truly see itself, the reasoner who reasons about him/her self cannot really do so because the "I" is NOT really the same as the "me" - the subject is not the object, - the act of framing is not the frame - the qualia is NOT the same as the idea that represents the qualia - the moon is not the finger pointing to the moon - hence the I, the act of framing the subject is phenomenologically mysterious - In contrast, in indyweb, we can replace annotation with Innotation, an inline version of annotation - This is because of the recursive nature of learning of ideas - When we digest an idea, that has an externalised (re)presentation, and it triggers the emergence of a new idea, - We can capture the newly inspired idea a an inline Innotation instead of a side bar annotation. - The reason why we would do this is because this is more homeomorphic to how knowledge context switches its role - from an active new insight - to an existing cultural artefact / object that can be digested by another mind - The difference is the idea - as a spontaneous emergent, embodied, enactive real-time , LIVING experience, which then becomes, post experience, an idea that is - a DEAD cultural artefact that is ready to be digested and potentially evoke a new strong LIVING response in another consciousness - The idea as a linguistically constructed cultural artefact is DEAD - until it interacts with another consciousness, - and at such time, the cultural artefact can deliver upon itz intended promise and potential, and trigger a LIVING learned experience. - Innotation converts the once LIVING experience of the idea at the moment of birth / Inception to the form of existing, timebound knowledge test to do the same in the future, when new minds may stumble upon it - Learning from linguistic cultural artefacts is thus - the act of conversion of - potential adjacencies into - kinetic adjacencies
my insight goes from a reframing to a transframing, because I stopped having insights about my focal problem [and] I start getting an insight, not about just the problem or the world, I also - remember of the sensibility transcendence; I'm also getting an insight into the inadequacies of my style of framing, my way of framing - I'm getting a trans-framing happening.
for - definition - transframing - source - Meaning crisis - episode 33 - The Spirituality of Relevance Realization - Wonder/Awe/Mystery/Sacredness - John Vervaeke
Religio is… I'm using it in a spiritual sense, [in] the sense of a pre-egoic, ultimately a post-egoic, binding that simultaneously grounds the self and its world.
for - definition - religio - John Vervaeke - means to bind together, to connect. Here it is used in the sense of binding that simultanously grounds the self and its world - source - Meaning crisis - episode 33 - The Spirituality of Relevance Realization - Wonder/Awe/Mystery/Sacredness - John Vervaeke
there’s an admirable motivation behind Dreher’s ethical project of reenchantment: He wants to help people find meaning
for - definition - reenchantment - source - book - Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age - Rod Dreher - adjacency - reenchantment - Meaning crisis - John Vervaeke
p(doom) is the "probability of doom" or the chances that AI takes over the planet or does something to destroy us,
for - p(doom) - definition - stats - p(doom) - 0.01 to 99.999999%
p(doom) - definition - the "probability of doom" or the chances that AI takes over the planet or does something to destroy us,
stats - p(doom) - founders of AI - Yann LeCun - less than 0.01% - Geoff Hinton - 10% chance on the next 20 years - Yoshua Bengio - 20% - Roman Yampolskiy, AI safety scientist and director of the Cyber Security Laboratory at the University of Louisville - 99.999999%
The phenomena do not disappear, but simply get reflected. Sounds, mental images, sensations, smells are all present without any isolation and there is a flavour of synesthesia to it. This state gives rise to the feeling of spaciousness.
for - definition - spaciousness - of meditation experience - flow state - like synesthesia - from Medium article - Heart Sutra and the nyams of Dzogchen - Aleander Vezhnevets - 2022, Sept 7
shi-ne
for - definition - Shi-ne - Shamatha without object - open awareness - the Tibetan meditation practice of becoming aware of our habitual tendency to reify and essentialize phenomena, experiencing them as having independent, non-relational reality of their own, both for - inner phenomena (thoughts and emotions) - outer phenomena (sensations) - It also goes by two other names - Shamatha without object - open awareess - from Medium article - Heart Sutra and the nyams of Dzogchen - Aleander Vezhnevets - 2022, Sept 7 - adjacency - Tibetan shi-ne meditation - insight into our habit of reifying reality into objects - object permanence in child psychology - feral children and role of language enculturation in our constructed reality - Deep Humanity BEing journeys to give insight into deeper layer of phenomenological experience
adjacency - between - Tibetan shi-ne meditation - insight into our habit of reifying reality into objects - object permanence in child psychology - Dr. Oliver Sacks medical case histories - feral children and absence of enculturation on human experience of reality - potential Deep Humanity BEing journeys to penetrate early deep conceptual layer - new relationship - question - Is shi-ne, in one sense attempting to get us to penetrate our deep conditioning of object permanence in our early child development years? - Before we mastered object permanence, we essentially experienced really as an undivided whole, a gestalt - To understand how non-trivial construction of object permanence is, we can read the late Dr. Oliver Sacks writing on his medical case studies of patients whose medical conditions caused them to experience reality in the danger way ordinary people do - The study of feral children also provides important insights into linguistic conditioning's role in our construction of reality - This area can inspire many important Deep Humanity BEing journeys relating - our habitual propensity to reify - object permanence - Shi-ne meditation and to offer us a way to penetrate our early deep conditioning of object permanence - Doing so allows us to get in touch with a pure, unconditioned, more primordial experience of reality free from layers of deep conceptualisation
nyam ne-pa
for - definition - nyam ne-pa - the state of quiet presence - the goal of Dzogchen meditation practice - going from form to emptiness - from Medium article - Heart Sutra and the nyams of Dzogchen - Aleander Vezhnevets - 2022, Sept 7
nyam-nyi
for - definition - nyam-nyi - when form ad emptiness are both experienced as one taste (nonduality) - from Medium article - Heart Sutra and the nyams of Dzogchen - Aleander Vezhnevets - 2022, Sept 7
gYo-Wa
for - definition gYo-Wa - going from emptiness to form - from Medium article - Heart Sutra and the nyams of Dzogchen - Aleander Vezhnevets - 2022, Sept 7
wokism as a return to group collectivism that suppresses individual differentiation
for - definition - wokism - a return to group collectivism that suppresses individual differentiation - from - P2P Foundation Wiki - Somewheres, Nowheres and Everywheres - Michel Bauwens, 2022
interrogate - Do more research on this definition of Wokism - from - P2P Foundation Wiki - Somewheres, Nowheres and Everywheres - Michel Bauwens, 2022
Tibetan terminology. Nyam literally means experiences or meditative experience and is described as intense psychophysical sensations.
for - definition - nyam - Tibetan term for intense psychophysical meditative experience - from Medium article - Nyams I have known and loved - Alexander Vezhnevets - 2022, Apr 28
This is what we have called ‘True Accelerationism’.
for - definition - accelerationism - from Substack article - The Cosmo-Local Plan for our Next Civilization - Michel Bauwens - 2024, Dec 20
Unexcelled Yoga Tantra
for - definition - unexcelled yoga tantra - the ultimate practice of simulating clear light meditation while still alive, in the Gelupa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism - from Youtube - Between Life and Death: Understanding Tukdam - John D. Dunne
avidyā in Sanskrit or "ma rig pa" in Tibetan,
for - definition - avidya (Sanskrit) or Ma Ri Pa (Tibetan) - Fundamental misunderstanding (both intellectual and affective) about the (ultimate) nature of reality itself - from Youtube - Between Life and Death: Understanding Tukdam - John D. Dunne
What does this word "thugs dam" mean?
- definition - Tukdam - John Dunne
- is a word with multiple meanings (polysemy)
- first - honorific term for samaya - Sanskrit for Tantric vows
- second - commitment / promise
- third - chosen deity
- fourth - practicing any of the above
- specifically, it could mean accomplishing the goals of Tantric practice, especially at the time of death
Structural Differential’
for - definition - structural differential - Timebinding - Alfred Korzybski
article by Alison P Davis uh Was Written In The Cut about the great Vib shift coming and a Vibe shift is basically some kind of eventure happening in society that just changes the vibe changes the mood and it's precognitive pre- narrative
for - definition - vibe shift - Some kind of event that changes the vibe. It is pre-cognitive and pre-narrative - Alison P Davis wrote about "Vibe Shift" in The Cut - Youtube - from The STOA - Situational Assessment - Luigi Mangione
narrative violation
for - definition - narrative violation - when an event happens that is difficult to explain because it violates existing narratives - Youtube - from The STOA - Situational Assessment - Luigi Mangione
counter-elite
for - definition - counter elite - an elite who turns on the elites due to social strife - from Peter Turchin
I call it PPN and I think that that's what really has stuck
for - definition - PPN - Pre and Peri Natal
integration is what people are seeking that's why they're coming to you um they want they often people will seek me out because nothing else seems to have helped all the talk therapy all the Psychotherapy all the things that they've tried not that they are still in being influenced by the patterns that are affecting them uh so we we call this notion the integration imperative
for - definition - integration imperative - people seek integration - talk therapy - psychotherapy has not helped - patterns still there and affecting them - Youtube - Pre and Perinatal healing happens in layers - Kate White
In Oxford, locals had begun calling coffee houses “penny universities”
for - definition - Penny University - history - coffee houses - London - were called Penny Universities because for a penny to buy a cup of coffee - you gained access to intellectual discussions and debates.
between and within countries
for - definition - between and within countries
A protocol is a stratum of codified behavior thatallows for the construction or emergence ofcomplex coordinated behaviors at adjacent loci.
A protocol is a rela-tively simple and codified set of behaviorsthat, when adopted by a sufficient numberof participants (human and/or artificial) ina situation, reliably leads to good-enoughoutcomes for all.
I want to get into the Five Elements Mandala
for - definition - spiral of the - 5 Elements Mandala - Post Capitalist Philanthropy Webinar 1 - Alnoor Ladha - Lynn Murphy - 2023 - need to move - from linear pyramid, neoliberal logic - to trends logic - multi-dimensional - reflexive - feedbacks - intertwingled - need to know what you stand for and - what you stand against ( the dominant neoliberal culture)
a historical amnesi
for - definition - ahistorical amnesia - plagues philanthropy - Post Capitalist Philanthropy Webinar 1 - Alnoor Ladha - Lynn Murphy - 2023
what we set up is not a binary of here is one side of it and here is the other. But we call this a continuum of auto shifts continuum
for - definition - continuum of onto shift - back and forth, iterative, non-binary - Post Capitalist Philanthropy - Alnoor Ladha - Lynn Murphy - 2023 - definition - thingify - Post Capitalist Philanthropy - Alnoor Ladha - Lynn Murphy - 2023 - adjacency - onto shift - example - perception - Deep Humanity - BEing journey - Post Capitalist Philanthropy - Alnoor Ladha - Lynn Murphy - 2023
adjacency - onto shift - example - perception - Deep Humanity - BEing journey - Post Capitalist Philanthropy - Alnoor Ladha - Lynn Murphy - 2023 - These onto shifts would be an excellent exercise for Deep Humanity BEing journeys
it was so hard to get outside of the project of neoliberalism that we couldn't actually see what was possible in that Horizon three construct. So for us, we started to look at we need a just transition, plus an entire shift of ontology, ethical, epistemological, what we shorthand call auto shifts or ontological shifts
for - definition - ontological shift - Post Capitalist Philanthropy Webinar 1 - Alnoor Ladha - Lynn Murphy - 2023 - adjacency - Deep Humanity - can provide new vocabulary and ideas to support - the horizon 3 - ontological shift - Post Capitalist Philanthropy Webinar 1 - Alnoor Ladha - Lynn Murphy - 2023
adjacency - between - ontological shift to reach horizon 3 - Deep Humanity - adjacency relationship - Deep Humanity may offer a new language and vocabulary for this Horizon 3 shift ontology
Bill Sharp, and it's called the Three Horizon Framework
for - definition - Three Horizon Framework - developed by Bill Sharp - Post Capitalist Philanthropy Webinar 1 - Alnoor Ladha - Lynn Murphy - 2023 - example - Three Horizon Framework
example - Three Horizon Framework - horizon 1 - carbon credits - carbon capture - green new deal - green growth - reforming democracy - more humane capitalism - horizon 2 - equity and justice - decolonization - transition pathways to disrupt ideologies - formative stage - ontological - still operating in frame of modernity - still operating in material realm - horizon 3 - new ways of being, living seeing, worldviews - dearth of imagination
there is a growing set of people, groups, endeavors that are really recognizing this neoliberal operating system that we're working within. And they have many different ways that they're going about this. It's a growing movement, and for our purposes here, we kind of refer to this as the just transition movement
for - definition - just transition movement - Post Capitalist Philanthropy Webinar 1 - Alnoor Ladha - Lynn Murphy - 2023
when we analyzed the the dominant cultural operating system, because there's more than a political economy, it's a it's a, as we've said, a totalizing operating system. And we're going to call it neoliberalism
for - definition - neoliberalism - as the name of the dominant, totalizing, cultural operating system of modernity - Post Capitalist Philanthropy Webinar 1 - Alnoor Ladha - Lynn Murphy - 2023 - summary - neoliberalism - as the name of the dominant, totalizing, cultural operating system of modernity - Post Capitalist Philanthropy Webinar 1 - Alnoor Ladha - Lynn Murphy - 2023 definition - neoliberalism - as the name of the dominant, totalizing, cultural operating system of modernity - Post Capitalist Philanthropy Webinar 1 - Alnoor Ladha - Lynn Murphy - 2023 - Neoliberalism is a totalizing, cultural operating system for modernity - It is all of these things: - a political philosophy - an economic practice - a cosmology - a wordview - an ontology - a theocracy - a religious worldview based on faith - Most of the dogmas of neoliberalism have been proven to be false, and yet it is still taught in most institutions of higher education summary - Some of the premises of neoliberalism are: - 1. humans are homo economicus - our chief concern is our selves and NOT others - Enlightenment theories - Scientism - Evolutionary theory - All our systems are designed on this false premise - 2. Hierarchy is inevitable and necessary for order. Without it, we would revert to beasts - The system embeds - Patriarchism - White Supremacy - Gender inequality - 3. The individual is the primary unit of power - together with 1) and 2), it creates inherent competition - 4. Material wealth and power is the measure of wellbeing - If you have money, you are considered a success, otherwise, you are considered a moral failure
Transition Resource Circle.
for - definition - Transition Resource Circle - Alnoor Ladha - Lynn Murphy
At one level, there’s no difference. At another level that difference of care and attention does matter very much. Joko used to say that the core of our practice was to suffer intelligently. Another way of saying that is that we need to learn to desire intelligently.
for - definition - suffer intelligently - Joko - Zen - Barry Magid - definition - desire intelligently - Joko - Zen - Barry Magid
comment - see the paragraph prior to this one for background
glaucoma
A disease of the eye marked by increased pressure within the eyeball that can result in damage to the optic disc and gradual loss of vision.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glaucoma
"[...] the darkness of the nights and the greyness of the days here are associated with deterioration of vision, blindness and the slow disappearance of the world from view." (Pudney 296).
More on Worldbuilding here: https://ontheroadtotheroad7.wordpress.com/2024/11/26/worldbuilding/
razorous
"Razorous" is a made-up yet intuitively word used by McCarthy to mean "like a razor".
This is a vicious circle. Climate change is making geopolitics less stable, which harms climate action. This will worsen climate change, meaning more geopolitical instability
for - definition - climate change doom loop
for - definition - Doom loop - definition - derailment risk
Summary - An informative article that shows how climate crisis is invisibly contributing to increasing precarity in indirect ways that are not noticed by those impacted by it. - This creates a positive feedback loop of diverting resources to deal with - the symptoms instead of - the root cause.
for - definition - deadlock - Wikipedia
moss
Moss is a very small soft green plant which grows on damp soil, or on wood or stone.
brook
A small stream.
matted
Twisted into a firm, messy mass.
bandolier
A belt worn over the shoulder and across the breast often for the suspending or supporting of some article (such as cartridges) or as a part of an official or ceremonial dress.
glens
A narrow, secluded valley.
vermiculate
Marked with irregular fine lines or with wavy impressed lines.
wimpled
To cause to ripple.
fore-stock
Also called "fore-end", the forestock is the part of the stock of a firearm under the barrel and forward of the trigger guard.
stoven
Broken.
hove into view
When something heaves into view or heaves into sight, it appears.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/heave-into-view-heave-into-sight
loess
A type of light brown or greyish soil, consisting of very small pieces of quartz and clay, that is blown and left behind by the wind.
wax
Something likened to wax as soft, impressionable, or readily molded.
encroached
Entered by gradual steps or by stealth.
rickety
A rickety structure or piece of furniture is not very strong or well made, and seems likely to collapse or break.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/rickety
plywood
Plywood is wood that consists of thin layers of wood stuck together.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/plywood
isthmus
A narrow piece of land with water on each side that joins two larger areas of land.
stitch
A least bit especially of clothing.
dimming
To reduce the light.
moorland
Moorland is land which consists of moors, areas of open and usually high land with poor soil that is covered mainly with grass and heather.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/moorland https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/moor
sullen
Someone who is sullen is bad-tempered and does not speak much.
Scrawny
Unpleasantly thin, often with bones showing.
trundling
Transporting in or as if in a wheeled vehicle.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/trundle
wheezing
Breathing with difficulty usually with a whistling sound.
jogtrot
A slow regular jerky pace (usually of a horse, or on horseback).
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/jog-trot_n?tab=meaning_and_use#40414780
sloughed
To plod through or as if through mud.
seaoats
Union grass, especially a tall grass.
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/sea-oats_n?tab=meaning_and_use#1171082000100
swale
A long, low and often wet area of land.
pruned
To reduce especially by eliminating superfluous matter.
bootees
Usually ankle-length boots, slippers, or socks.
tendrils
A tendril is something light and thin, for example a piece of hair which hangs loose and is away from the main part.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tendril
cocked
To set (the trigger) for firing.
dredged
To dig, gather, or pull out with or as if with a dredge (a machine for removing earth usually by buckets on an endless chain or a suction tube). Here it means "to draw in the sand".
pampooties
A kind of sandal or moccasin of untanned cowhide or sealskin sewn together and tied across the instep, traditionally worn by the inhabitants of the Aran Islands. Usually in plural.
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/pampootie_n?tab=meaning_and_use#32117635
sailcloth
Sailcloth is a strong heavy cloth that is used for making things such as sails or tents.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sailcloth
plunder
Personal or household effects.
Interestingly, "plunder" can also mean something taken by force, theft, or fraud.
waded
To walk through water or other liquid with some effort, because it is deep enough to come quite high up your legs, or thick.
shrouded
Cut off from view.
saucers
A saucer is a small curved plate on which you stand a cup.
It could also mean "flying saucer", a round, flat object which some people say they have seen in the sky and which they believe to be a spacecraft from another planet.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/saucer https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/flying-saucer
Shuttling
Moving or traveling back and forth frequently.
lolling
Hanging loosely or laxly.
seething
In a state of extreme agitation.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/seething
Knobby
Having lumps (= raised areas) on the surface.
tokus
Slang for the buttocks.
scampered
To run nimbly.
seedpods
Long, narrow parts of some plants that contains the seeds and usually has a thick skin.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/seed-pod?q=seedpod
rime
Frost formed by the freezing of supercooled water droplets in fog onto solid objects.
saltbleached
Removed color because of salt.
wrack
Seaweed or other marine vegetation that is floating in the sea or has been cast ashore.
windrows
Lines of leaves, snow, dust, etc, swept together by the wind.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/windrow
cove
A cove is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards so that the sea is partly enclosed.
driftwood
Wood that is floating on the sea or brought onto the beach by the sea.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/driftwood
bracken
A large fern (= a type of plant) that grows thickly in open areas of countryside, especially on hills, and in woods.
squall
A sudden strong wind or short storm.
slag
The fused material formed during the smelting or refining of metals.
vat
A large container used for mixing or storing liquid substances, especially in a factory.
careened
Keeled over to one side. "To keel over " means to turn upside down.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/careen https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/keel-over
tanker
A ship or vehicle that is built to carry liquid or gas.
leaden
A leaden sky or sea is dark grey and has no movement of clouds or waves.
combers
Long curling waves of the sea.
earnestness
Determination and seriousness, especially when this is without humour.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/earnestness
flake
A small flat piece separated from a whole.
yoked
A yoke is a long piece of wood which is tied across the necks of two animals such as oxen, in order to make them walk close together when they are pulling a plough.
catamites
Boys kept by a pederast.
harness
A piece of equipment with straps and belts, used to control or hold in place a person, animal, or object.
coax
To get someone to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery.
gait
A particular way of walking.
passable
Capable of being passed into or through.
cobble together
To do or make something quickly and not very carefully.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cobble-together?q=cobble+something+together
bludgeon
Short club with a thick, heavy, or loaded end.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bludgeon
Lanyards
Cords.
wallowed
Rolled around in an ungainly manner.
whorish
Lewd, unchaste.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/whorish
cheroot
A cigar cut square at both ends.
slender
Thin and delicate, often in a way that is attractive.
embankment
An artificial slope made of earth and/or stones.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/embankment
quilts
Covering for a bed, made of two layers of cloth with a layer of soft filling between them, and stitched in lines or patterns through all the layers.
creek
A narrow or winding passage.
nitty
Infested with nits [nits are the eggs of insects called lice which live in people's hair].
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/nitty https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/nit
scorched
Slightly burned, or damaged by fire or heat.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/scorched
stooped
With the the top half of the body bent forward and down.
tar
Black sticky substance that is used especially for making roads.
cooked
To be subjected to the action of intense heat.
mastic
Any of various pasty materials used as protective coatings or cements.
macadam
Small broken stones used in making roads.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/macadam
heathen
Having no religion, or belonging to a religion that is not Christianity, Judaism, or Islam.
draws
Shallow gullies or ravines.
slats
Thin narrow flat strips especially of wood or metal.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slat
Interestiingly, the slang word "slats" can also refer to the ribs or the buttocks.
wan
Lacking light.
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/wan_adj1?tab=meaning_and_use#15294095
rafters
Any of the parallel beams that support a roof.
Wisp
Something frail, slight, or fleeting.
Ratty
Shabby, unkempt.
hide
The strong, thick skin of an animal, used for making leather.
hacksaw
A small saw used especially for cutting metal.
bored out
Pierced, perforated.
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/bore_v1?tab=meaning_and_use#16513011
gusting
Blowing strongly.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gust?q=gust+
sleet
Snow which has been partially thawed by falling through an atmosphere of a temperature a little above freezing-point, usually accompanied by rain or snow.
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/sleet_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#22195712
marauders
A person or animal that goes from one place to another looking for people to kill or things to steal or destroy.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/marauder
ridges
Long, narrow raised parts of a surface, especially a high edge along a mountain.
balefires
An outdoor fire often used as a signal fire.
slush
The watery substance resulting from the partial melting of snow or ice.
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/slush_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#22329555
reeds
Any of various tall grasses with slender often prominently jointed stems that grow especially in wet areas.
Clamped
To fasten with or as if with a clamp or to hold tightly.
blacktop
A material used on the surface of roads.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/blacktop
murk
Darkness or thick cloud, preventing you from seeing clearly.
loped
A way of walking or moving using long, relaxed steps.
bowels
"Bowel", usually used in plural, can have more than one meaning: - one of the divisions of the intestines; - the seat of pity, tenderness, or courage; - the interior parts, especially the deep or remote parts.
rimstone
A calcareous deposit formed as a ring around an overflowing basin (as of a mineral hot spring).
flues
A shaft, tube, or pipe, especially as used in a chimney, to carry off smoke, gas, etc.
flowstone
Any mineral deposit, especially of calcium carbonate, formed in a cave by flowing water.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/flowstone
tarpaulin
A piece of material used especially for protecting exposed objects or areas.
Anti-system voters
for - definition - anti system voter
DINO, democracy in name only
for - definition - DINO - Democracy in Name Only - Otto Scharmer
definition - DINO - Democracy in Name Only - Otto Scharmer - An acronym coiled by Otto Scharmer which is similiar to the popular MAGA acronym RINO (Republican In Name Only) - Democracy is under attack, and is heavily influenced by dark money and dark tech
cosmo-localization, i.e. the combination of interconnected local commons with global (‘cosmic’) digitally enhanced cooperation, may be superlinear, and thus, exactly what is needed to ‘inflate’ the commons.
for - definition inflating the commons - Geoffrey West - superlinear relationship - of cosmolocalization - via digital cooperation - Michel Bauwens - adjacency relationship - inflating the commons - indyweb
adjacency - between - inflating the commons - indyweb - adjacency relationship - Indyweb could be one way to inflate the commons by weaving together cosmolocal groups around the group into a mycelial network
Magisteria of the Commons
for - definition - Magisteria of the Commons - Michel Bauwens
definition - Magisteria of the Commons - Michel Bauwens
Comment - Michel envisions these magisterial providing the counterweight to regulate the markets
before you go anywhere near globalization you've got to firstly to Define what it is
for - definition - globalization - Yanis Varoufakis
definition - globalization - Yanis Varoufakis - globalization does NOT mean global trade. That is always a good thing - globalization is the total lack of regulation of financial power, allowing money to rule the world - power shifts from land owners to factory owners
“Discipling” someone is, to use a more recognizable term, mentoring someone in how to follow Christ and share the good news that people can have a relationship with God.
Um kski says time binding energy is the capacity to use the fruits of past labors and experiences and to hand them down to the Future
for - definition - timebinding - Korzybski
definition - timebinding - the capacity to use the fruits of past labors and experiences and to hand them down to the future.
According to Korzybski, the unique quality of humans is what he calls "time-binding", described as "the capacity of an individual or a generation to begin where the former left off".
for - definition - time-binding - Korzybski
the great idea was create this this thin waste uh to try and and allow the lower layers of the network to evolve and also allow the upper layers of the network to evolve separately and only have this very small protocol in between that will mediate how the whole network will grow
for - definition - Internet Protocol - IP - Thin Waist model
"As variability in many ecosystems is increasing due to global change, there is an urgent need for real-time forecasts to help guide natural resource decision-making,"
for - definition - realtime ecological forecasting - definition - near term ecological forecasting - adjacency - near term ecological forecasting - open science - citizen science - climate departure
the second attachment process if you will of of internalization is Attunement
for - psychological infrastructure - attachment system - second quality - attunement - John Churchill - definition - attunement - John Churchill
attachment system
for - definition - attachment system - John Churchill
mineral intelligence
for - definition - Mineral Intelligence - MI - John Churchill
definition Mineral Intelligence (MI) - John Churchill - In contrast to Artificial Intelligence, Churchill uses the term Mineral Intelligence - What we are doing is giving intelligence to minerals of the planet
first second third fourth you can look at those as perspectives
for - definition - first person to eightth person perspectives - John Churchill
definition - first person to eighth person perspective - John Churchill - The different perspectives are: - first person - the physical body - second person - the emotional body - third person - the mental body - fourth - the systems perspective - contextual - interconnected field - fifth to seventh - holonic consciousness - synchronized to the planetary field itself - Like a Buddha, bodhisattva or Christ - As you unfold, your unfolding changes the planetary field itself
everything is part of a lar system right now that begins to open up into the realm of soul and what do we mean by Soul
for - definition - soul - John Churchill
definition - soul - John Churchill - Churchill defines soul to mean the same thing as the Buddhist concept of emptiness - This is quite a specific interpretation of soul from a Buddhist perspective - He defines it as having three dimensions: - Compassion - EMBODIED understanding that everything is interconnected and we are not separate from anything else - In Buddhism, this is often also called: - non-conceptual valid cognition (intuition) - interdependent origination
question - what are the 2nd and 3rd features of the Soul? - John Churchill - He seems to only discuss the first and the interviewer forgets to return to the 2nd and 3rd
Commitment Pooling
for - definition - Commitment pooling
definition - Commitment pooling - a protocol practiced in indigenous communities that - builds on traditional mutual service practices to create equitable and collaborative economic systems. - This protocol demonstrates how commitments can be - pooled, - valued and - exchanged, - fostering long-term reciprocity across a network of communities. - By valuing and exchanging commitments, - communities engage in a form of reciprocity that - might not resemble direct transactional economies but - is equally significant. - This system allows for - the fulfillment is communal needs - through coordinated effort
Rotating Labor Associations (ROLA
for - definition - Rotating Labor Associations (ROLA)
definition - Rotating Labor Associations (ROLA) - practices found in indigenous societies all around the world that involve pooling labor and resources to achieve common goals,