"Razorous" is a made-up yet intuitively word used by McCarthy to mean "like a razor".

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."

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More on "Worldbuilding" here: https://ontheroadtotheroad7.wordpress.com/2024/11/26/worldbuilding/

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Moss is a very small soft green plant which grows on damp soil, or on wood or stone.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/moss

A small stream.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/brook

Twisted into a firm, messy mass.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/matted

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.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bandolier

A narrow, secluded valley.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/glen

Marked with irregular fine lines or with wavy impressed lines.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vermiculate

To cause to ripple.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wimple

Also called "fore-end", the forestock is the part of the stock of a firearm under the barrel and forward of the trigger guard.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fore-end

Broken.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoven

When something heaves into view or heaves into sight, it appears.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/heave-into-view-heave-into-sight

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.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/loess

Something likened to wax as soft, impressionable, or readily molded.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wax

Entered by gradual steps or by stealth.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encroach

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 is wood that consists of thin layers of wood stuck together.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/plywood

A narrow piece of land with water on each side that joins two larger areas of land.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/isthmus

A least bit especially of clothing.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stitch

To reduce the light.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dim

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

Someone who is sullen is bad-tempered and does not speak much.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sullen

Unpleasantly thin, often with bones showing.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/scrawny

Transporting in or as if in a wheeled vehicle.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/trundle

Breathing with difficulty usually with a whistling sound.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wheeze

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

To plod through or as if through mud.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slough

Union grass, especially a tall grass.

https://www.oed.com/dictionary/sea-oats_n?tab=meaning_and_use#1171082000100

A long, low and often wet area of land.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/swale

To reduce especially by eliminating superfluous matter.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prune

Usually ankle-length boots, slippers, or socks.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bootee

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

To set (the trigger) for firing.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cock

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".

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dredge

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 is a strong heavy cloth that is used for making things such as sails or tents.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sailcloth

Personal or household effects.

Interestingly, "plunder" can also mean something taken by force, theft, or fraud.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plunder

To walk through water or other liquid with some effort, because it is deep enough to come quite high up your legs, or thick.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/wade

Cut off from view.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shroud

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

Moving or traveling back and forth frequently.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shuttle

Hanging loosely or laxly.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loll

In a state of extreme agitation.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/seething

Having lumps (= raised areas) on the surface.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/knobby

Slang for the buttocks.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tokus

To run nimbly.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scamper

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

Frost formed by the freezing of supercooled water droplets in fog onto solid objects.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/rime

Removed color because of salt.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bleach

Seaweed or other marine vegetation that is floating in the sea or has been cast ashore.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/wrack

Lines of leaves, snow, dust, etc, swept together by the wind.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/windrow

A cove is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards so that the sea is partly enclosed.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/cove

Wood that is floating on the sea or brought onto the beach by the sea.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/driftwood

A large fern (= a type of plant) that grows thickly in open areas of countryside, especially on hills, and in woods.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bracken

A sudden strong wind or short storm.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/squall

The fused material formed during the smelting or refining of metals.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/slag

A large container used for mixing or storing liquid substances, especially in a factory.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/vat

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

A ship or vehicle that is built to carry liquid or gas.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tanker

A leaden sky or sea is dark grey and has no movement of clouds or waves.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/leaden

Long curling waves of the sea.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comber

Determination and seriousness, especially when this is without humour.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/earnestness

A small flat piece separated from a whole.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flake

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.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/yoke

Boys kept by a pederast.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catamite

A piece of equipment with straps and belts, used to control or hold in place a person, animal, or object.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/harness

To get someone to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coax

A particular way of walking.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gait

Capable of being passed into or through.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passable

To do or make something quickly and not very carefully.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cobble-together?q=cobble+something+together

Short club with a thick, heavy, or loaded end.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bludgeon

Cords.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lanyard

Rolled around in an ungainly manner.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wallow

Lewd, unchaste.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/whorish

A cigar cut square at both ends.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheroot

Thin and delicate, often in a way that is attractive.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/slender

An artificial slope made of earth and/or stones.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/embankment

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.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/quilt

A narrow or winding passage.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/creek

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

Slightly burned, or damaged by fire or heat.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/scorched

With the the top half of the body bent forward and down.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stooped

Black sticky substance that is used especially for making roads.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tar

To be subjected to the action of intense heat.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/cook

Any of various pasty materials used as protective coatings or cements.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mastic

Small broken stones used in making roads.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/macadam

Having no religion, or belonging to a religion that is not Christianity, Judaism, or Islam.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/heathen

Shallow gullies or ravines.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/draw

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.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/slats

Lacking light.

https://www.oed.com/dictionary/wan_adj1?tab=meaning_and_use#15294095

Any of the parallel beams that support a roof.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rafters

Something frail, slight, or fleeting.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wisp

Shabby, unkempt.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ratty

The strong, thick skin of an animal, used for making leather.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hide

A small saw used especially for cutting metal.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hacksaw

Pierced, perforated.

https://www.oed.com/dictionary/bore_v1?tab=meaning_and_use#16513011

Blowing strongly.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gust?q=gust+

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

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

Long, narrow raised parts of a surface, especially a high edge along a mountain.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ridge

An outdoor fire often used as a signal fire.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balefires

The watery substance resulting from the partial melting of snow or ice.

https://www.oed.com/dictionary/slush_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#22329555

Any of various tall grasses with slender often prominently jointed stems that grow especially in wet areas.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reeds

To fasten with or as if with a clamp or to hold tightly.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clamp

A material used on the surface of roads.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/blacktop

Darkness or thick cloud, preventing you from seeing clearly.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/murk

A way of walking or moving using long, relaxed steps.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/lope

"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.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowels

A calcareous deposit formed as a ring around an overflowing basin (as of a mineral hot spring).

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rimstone

A shaft, tube, or pipe, especially as used in a chimney, to carry off smoke, gas, etc.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/flue

Any mineral deposit, especially of calcium carbonate, formed in a cave by flowing water.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/flowstone

A piece of material used especially for protecting exposed objects or areas.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tarpaulin

for - definition - anti system voter

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

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

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

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

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.

for - definition - time-binding - Korzybski

for - definition - Internet Protocol - IP - Thin Waist model

for - definition - realtime ecological forecasting - definition - near term ecological forecasting - adjacency - near term ecological forecasting - open science - citizen science - climate departure

for - psychological infrastructure - attachment system - second quality - attunement - John Churchill - definition - attunement - John Churchill

for - definition - attachment system - John Churchill

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

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

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

for - definition - psychological infrastructure - John Churchill - definition - state of consciousness - John Churchill - comparison - psychological infrastructure vs state of consciousness - John Churchill - quote - states (of consciousness) are cheap, traits ( of psychological infrastructure) are expensive - John Churchill

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

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,

Definition basically

for - definition - syncrhronomous failure - Cascade Institute - Thomas Homer-Dixon

definition - syncrhronomous failure - Cascade Institute - Thomas Homer-Dixon - When multiple systems fail simultaneously, the scale may overwhelm institutions to respond effectively since they have evolved to deal with issues in silos

for - definition - panarchy - Crawford Stanley Holling

definition - panarchy - Crawford Stanley Holling - A nested diversity of living species entwined through their adaptive cycles of growth, decline and renewal

for - definition - adaptive cycle - Crawford Stanley Holling - IIASA

definition - adaptive cycle - Crawford Stanley Holling - IIASA - Predator-prey dynamics across a large variety of species, follow a recursive 'adaptive cycle' consisting of: - front loop stage - growth and accumulation - back loop stage - rapid reorganization with increased stability due to dependency on a limited number of conditions leading to reduced resiliency and either - renewal or - collapse <br /> - This is a characteristic of an ecosystem of many species coexisting together

for - definition - production system ('hardware') - and organizing system ('software') - Arbib and Seba

definition Arbib and Seba - human civilization can be broken down into the interaction between two complimentary systems - the production system - by which we meet fundamamental material needs for food, energy, transportation, water, materials - also called 'hardware' - the organizing system - by which how the production system is governed and managed and includes the economy, polity, security, culture, ideology and values - also called 'software'

comment - A transformation is required in both the hardware and the software to mitigate the worst impacts of our current polycrisis

for - definition - constructal law - Adrian Bejan - to - The constructal law of design in evolution and nature

to - The constructal law of design in evolution and nature - https://hyp.is/ZRIXfo76Ee-5yZdY2quRaQ/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2871904/ - youtube explainer video - constructal theory - flow - Adrian Bejan - https://hyp.is/R7V4Yo79Ee-52gO6UYAaYQ/www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgEBTPee9ZM

for - question - entropy definition of life - investigate further - entropy definition of life

question - I'm not fully appreciating his explanation. This requires further investigation - This physical explanation of life appears to be aimed at showing that the hardware and software aspects of life work together to dissipate physical energy - Is he saying that life's purpose is to accelerate the heat death of the universe?

for - definition- hardware - software - Paul Davies

definition - hardware - software - Paul Davies - In the context of life, - hardware - configuration of matter which harnesses energy from its environment - software - complex information sturctures by which configurations of matter and energy are organized and instructed to self-reproduce

for - definition - physiocrats - Steve Keen - economy - history - economic flow as biomimicry of body's circulation system

definition - physiocrat - During the 18th and 19th century, a group of mostly French "economists" led by Francois Quesnay, physician to the King of France at the time, performed some of the first autopsies of the time. - Autopsies were banned for the longest time for religious reasons - When Quesnay performed autopsies, he discovered networks of tubes in the circulation system and this led him to surmise a network of circulation in another field, economics - Quesnay advised the king, hence the name physiocrat - So modern economics has its roots in biology - it was a case of biomimicry!

Folk Theories

Les monnaies "traditionnelles" ne sont pas très éloignées des monnaies virtuelles d'aujourd'hui en ce qui concerne leur définition. La différence entre ces deux types de monnaies réside davantage dans les acteurs impliqués que dans la question de savoir « Existe-t-il dans un sens physique ? »

for - definition - polycrisis

definition - polycrisis - causally interlinked crisis

for - critique - definition - crisis - perhaps interpret less anthropocentrically? - extend to non-human organisms as well?

for - definition - the spectacle - context - the society of the spectacle - cacooning - the spectacle - social media - the spectacle

definition - the spectacle - context - the society of the spectacle - A society where images presented by mass media / mass entertainment not only dominate - but replaces real experiences with a superficial reality that is - focused on appearances designed primarily to distract people from reality - This ultimately disconnects them from - themselves and - those around them

comment - How much does our interaction with virtual reality of - written symbols - audio - video - two dimensional images - derived from our screens both large and small affect our direct experience of life? - When people are distracted by such manufactured entertainment, they have less time to devote to important issues and connecting with real people - We can sit for hours in social isolation, ignoring our bodies need for exercise and our emotional need for real social connection - We can ignore the real crisis going on in the world and instead numb ourselves out with contrived entertainment

for - definition - the spectacle - Situationist International - adjacency - the spectacle - manufacturing consent

definition - the spectacle - Sittuationist International - A unified critique offered by the Situationist International of advanced capitalism - The critique was concerned with the insidious use of mass media and entertainment to subvert individual expression through lived experience by - substituting it with mass media images as proxies to directly lived experiences - which leads to mass consumption of commodities produced by advanced captalism - creates far-reaching passive second-hand alienation that harms both the individual and society

adjacency - between - the spectacle - manufacturing consent - adjacency relationship - The spectacle is closely related to Noam Chomsky's work on manufacturing consent

for - book - The Society of the Spectacle - definition - recuperation - from - youtube - The Society of the Spectacle - politics - Marxist group - Situationist International

definition - recuperation - A technique of the spectacle whereby - Official culture is considered a "rigged game" - Conservative powers forbid subversive ideas to have direct access to public discourse - Subversive ideas must first - get trivialized - get sterilized - before they are safely incorporated back within mainstream society - where they lose their agential power and - they can be exploited to add new flavors and bolster the status quo dominant ideas of the rigged game

from - youtube - The Society of the Spectacle - https://hyp.is/K2b2OIR5Ee-khSfaPJUKWg/www.youtube.com/watch?v=93jXDJhi6_c

This part explains the definition of Humanities according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

for - definition - coenobitic

for - new trailmark: ??? - neoplatonic asceticism - definition - neoplatonic asceticism

for - definition - desert fathers

Ben Shneiderman's work is deeply influential in HCI; his work has assisted in creating strong connections between tech and creativity, especially when applied to fostering innovation.

his 2007 national science foundation funded report on creativity support tools, led by UMD, provides a seminal overview of the definitions of creativity at that time.

in this context, flow is a psychological state of being completely absorbed in a activity that feels both effortless and challenging.

the full manuscript is dense, yet thoughtful and engaging.

Mihaly Csikszentmihaly's work is deeply influential in psychology, education, and HCI because he discusses how one can achieve higher levels of happiness by engaging in activities they find meaningful.

Margaret Boden, research professor at University of Sussex, has provided pivotal work in the exploration of creativity using interdisciplinary research across music, game, story, physics, and artificial intelligence to explore human creativity in arts, science, and life.

The Creative Mind is available to all on archive.org.

David Ribes' work explores the definition of domain in computing and data science; offers insight into how studying domains helps organize computational systems.

the person (who) refers to one involved in the creative process while the activity (what) refers to creative activities being done.

creativity can mean different things at the same time.

to further simplify, creativity is used as a noun (a thing) but functions as an adjective (a descriptive word).

for - definition - cognitive glue - Michael Levin

definition - cognitive glue - Michael Levin - a set of policies and mechanisms that allow competent subunits to form together into some kind of an emergent Collective that's more than the sum of its parts

Adjacency - between - cognitive glue - multi scale competency architecture - human species - Jordan Hall - cognitive glue destresses goal seeking activities - adjacency relationship - Cognitive glue is a general concept that applies to the entire spectrum of the biosphere - Michael goes on to give examples with rats and other biological contexts like cells - This is an important question for humans at two levels: - first, at the level of the individual human - second, at the level of human groups - Jordan Hall brings the conversation to the cognitive glue at the human social level in which - anyone who has worked in a group context knows that when there is a flow, there is signaling taking place - that is at a higher group level not present at the level of the individual that destresses goal seeking activity

for - definition - bowtie - Micheal Levin - adjacency - bowtie - indyweb - symmathesetic fingerprint - symmathesetic folding

definition - bowtie - Micheal Levin - In the conscious experience of a living organism, - All that a living organism they possesses memory has access to are earlier memory engrams - The details of these are not saved, only the general pattern - Further, these engrams are recalled in the present and the general pattern must always be contextualised for is saliency to the present context - The caterpillar-to-butterfly transformation is a radical example of this - The specific details of it's life as a caterpillar is irrelevant to the butterfly - Yet the butterfly still has memories saved during its earlier morphological form as a caterpillar - The butterfly must re-interpret those earlier memories in a radically different new morphological form so that they are relevant - When humans recall memories, we do the same thing - The context has changed - We've learned more things about reality - Concepts are constantly being redefined in realtime - The goalpost is constantly changing - The bowtie is this cone of memory engrams from the past that must constantly be re-interpret in the present

adjacency - between - bowtie - Indyweb symmathesetic fingerprint - Indyweb symmathesetic folding - adjacency relationship - The bowtie framework is a key design feature of the Indyweb - Symmathesetic fingerprint and symmathesetic fingerprint, - derived from Cortical.io's concepts of - semantic fingerprint - semantic folding

epiphany - between - adjacency - bowtie - indyweb symmathesetic folding - Indyweb symmathesetic fingerprint - synchronicity - adjacency relationship - After making the above annotation, I was doing something else when this epiphany suddenly sprung up out of nowhere, as they usually do - Could it be that this the lower level (or higher level) system is the source of our epiphanies? Could this be the synchronicity that Michael Levin alludes to in another one of my annotations here? - Indeed, adjacencies - novel connections between already existent ideas in our associative network of ideas may be the human expression of Levin's - Bowtie AND - synchronicity - ideas - When we discover a new relationship between old (existing) ideas (engrams), that is a kind of reinvention or reinterpretation of an existing (old) idea in a new (salient) context. - This is what Levin is alluding to in the Bowtie and the radical caterpillar-to-butterfly example - We only make note of a new relationship because we implicitly recognize its saliency - Hence, the human being is - NOT a human being, - a name that implies a static thing, but rather, according to Deep Humanity terminology, - IS a human INTERbeCOMing, - a verb, a process that is in constant evolution - As we learn new relationships between existing engram ideas, - our symmathesetic fingerprint changes, - our meaningverse changes - and a new "human butterfly" is being born every moment

Prefigured

Prefigured: To be an early indication or version of; to foreshadow; (Theology) to represent beforehand by a figure or type.

for - definition - cognitive glue

definition - cognitive glue - Michael Levin - policies among components that solve the scaling problem of having an emergent cognitive system out of smaller parts - Michael Levin

for - definition - NCP - nature's contribution to people

for - definition - Earth system justice - just ends (targets) - just means (levers)

for - definition - Just minimum access

definition - Just minimum access - The level of essential resources and services that all people are entitled to. There are two different levels: - Level 1. Dignity - The minimum access needed to lead a basic dignified life beyond mere survival - Level 2. (no name) - A higher level needed to escape poverty

for - definition - privacy principle - quantum informational panpsyichism theory of consciousness - Federico Faggin - Giacomo Mauro D'Airiano

definition - privacy principle - experience isnot shareable, even in principle

for - definition - psycho-informational principle - P1 - quantum informational panpsyichism theory of consciousness - Federico Faggin - Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano

definition - psycho-informational principle - Consciousness is the information system's experience of its own information state and processing

for - definition - psycho - purity principle - quantum informational theory of consciousness - Federico Faggin - Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano

definition - psycho-purity principle - the state of teh conscious system is pure

for - definition - quantum-information panpsychism - Federico Faggin

definition - quantum-information panpsychism - Federico Faggin - The idea that consciousness is fundamental for information and physics supervening on quantum information

for - definition - love - as the recognition of our shared being - Rupert Spira - question - reconciling Rupert Spira's interpretation of the Eastern definition of "love" with the inherent suffering designed into nature

question - reconciling Rupert Spira's interpretation of the Eastern definition of "love" with the inherent suffering designed into nature - Consider that every individual of every species must eat in order to survive and maintain life, - In other words, suffering is unavoidable in life itself, and exists at every scale of multi-scale competency architecture (Levin) - How do we reconcile this definition of "love" with the suffering inherent in all of life itself? - If we accept that the universal consciousness manifests in ALL living beings, then it is indeed a strange situation because: - reality itself evolved biotic out of abiotic reality and - it did so by creating intrinsic suffering as predators must kill, eat and cause suffering to its prey and - mortality is built into all living organism, bringing about constant innate anxiety to defend against death through innate alertness to and defense against predators

for - definition - engram - Michael Levin

for - definition - poly computing

for - definition - semantic folding

definition - semantic folding - geometric (bitmap) representation of textual content

for - definition - epistemic

definition - epistemic - an internal state of another predicted from an other outside observer

for - definition - ontic

definition - ontic - an internally experienced quantum state that is primal

for - Federico Faggin - quantum physics - consciousness

summary - Frederico Faggin is a physicist and microelectronic engineer who was the developer of the world's first microprocessor at Intel, the Intel 4004 CPU. - Now he focuses his attention on developing a robust and testable theory of consciousness based on quantum information theory. - What sets Frederico apart from other scientists who are studying consciousness is a series of profound personal 'awakening'-type experiences in which has led to a psychological dissolution of the sense of self bounded by his physical body - This profound experience led him to claim with unshakable certainty that our individual consciousness is far greater than our normal mundane experience of it - Having a science and engineering background, Faggin has set out to validate his experiences with a new scientific theory of Consciousness, Information and Physicality (CIP) and Operational Probabilistic Theory (OPT)

to - Frederico Faggin's website - https://hyp.is/JTGs6lr9Ee-K8-uSXD3tsg/www.fagginfoundation.org/what-we-do/j - Federico Faggin and paper: - Hard Problem and Free Will: - an information-theoretical approach - https://hyp.is/styU2lofEe-11hO02KJC8w/link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-85480-5_5

for - definition - Consciousness Information and Physicality (CIP) - definition - Operational Probabilistic Theory (OPT)

for - definition - analytic idealism

definition - analytic idealism - reality itself is this field of subjectivity

for - definition - Nature's Contribution to People - 18 categories

definition - Nature's Contribution to People - 18 categories

• Regulating Contributions -These are the services provided by nature that regulate environmental conditions.

  • Climate regulation
  • Air and water purification
  • Flood and disaster regulation
  • Disease regulation
  • Pollination
  • Pest and disease control

• Material Contributions - These are the tangible products obtained from nature.

  • Food and fiber
  • Freshwater
  • Genetic resources
  • Wood, fuel, and other materials
  • Medicines
  • Energy

• Non-material Contributions - These are the intangible benefits derived from nature.

  • Cultural identity and spiritual inspiration
  • Recreation and ecotourism
  • Aesthetic experiences
  • Knowledge and education
  • Sense of place and belonging
  • Mental and physical health

for - definition - ecology of communication

for - definition - monoculture of communication

for - definition - dense urbanism

for - definition - hyperkeystone species - example - hyperkeystone species - modern humans

for - definition - progress trap - Ronald Wright

definition - progress trap - A seductive trail of successes that leads to a catastrophic end - Ronald Wright - defined in his book "A Short History of Progress"

for - definition - progress

definition - progress - before enlightenment, progress was defined in a moral and spiritual sense - after the enlightenment and industrial revolution, it was defined in a material sense

for - definition - progress - material - economist Sydney Pollard - improvement

for - definition - far right

definition - far right - The Far-right is defined as individuals and groups that they belong to which are expressly nationalistic, focusing heavily on homogenization within a nation. - defined by Arie Perlinger

for - definition - AI - The Alignment Problem

definition - The Alignment Problem - When AI intelligence so far exceeds human intelligence that - we won't be able to predict their behavior - we won't know if we can trust that the AI is aligned to our intent

for - definition - hobbling - AI