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    1. razorous

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

    2. 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."

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

  3. Nov 2024
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    1. moss

      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

    2. brook
    3. matted
    4. 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.

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

    5. glens
    6. vermiculate

      Marked with irregular fine lines or with wavy impressed lines.

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

    7. wimpled
    8. 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.

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

    9. stoven
    10. 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

    11. 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.

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

    12. wax

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

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

    13. encroached

      Entered by gradual steps or by stealth.

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

    14. 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

    15. plywood

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

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

    16. isthmus

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

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

    17. stitch

      A least bit especially of clothing.

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

    18. dimming
    19. 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

    20. sullen

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

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

    21. Scrawny

      Unpleasantly thin, often with bones showing.

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

    22. trundling

      Transporting in or as if in a wheeled vehicle.

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

    23. wheezing

      Breathing with difficulty usually with a whistling sound.

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

    24. 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

    25. sloughed

      To plod through or as if through mud.

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

    26. seaoats
    27. swale

      A long, low and often wet area of land.

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

    28. pruned

      To reduce especially by eliminating superfluous matter.

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

    29. bootees

      Usually ankle-length boots, slippers, or socks.

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

    30. 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

    31. cocked

      To set (the trigger) for firing.

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

    32. 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".

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

    33. 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

    34. 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

    35. plunder

      Personal or household effects.

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

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

    36. 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.

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

    37. shrouded
    38. 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

    39. Shuttling

      Moving or traveling back and forth frequently.

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

    40. lolling
    41. seething
    42. Knobby

      Having lumps (= raised areas) on the surface.

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

    43. tokus
    44. scampered
    45. 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

    46. rime

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

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

    47. saltbleached

      Removed color because of salt.

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

    48. wrack

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

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

    49. windrows

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

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

    50. cove

      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

    51. driftwood

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

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

    52. bracken

      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

    53. squall

      A sudden strong wind or short storm.

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

    54. slag

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

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

    55. vat

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

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

    56. careened
    57. tanker

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

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

    58. leaden

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

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

    59. combers

      Long curling waves of the sea.

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

    60. earnestness

      Determination and seriousness, especially when this is without humour.

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

    61. flake

      A small flat piece separated from a whole.

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

    62. 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.

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

    63. catamites
    64. harness

      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

    65. coax

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

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

    66. gait
    67. passable

      Capable of being passed into or through.

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

    68. cobble together
    69. bludgeon

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

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

    70. Lanyards
    71. wallowed

      Rolled around in an ungainly manner.

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

    72. whorish
    73. cheroot

      A cigar cut square at both ends.

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

    74. slender

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

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

    75. embankment

      An artificial slope made of earth and/or stones.

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

    76. 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.

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

    77. creek
    78. 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

    79. scorched

      Slightly burned, or damaged by fire or heat.

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

    80. stooped

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

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

    81. tar

      Black sticky substance that is used especially for making roads.

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

    82. cooked

      To be subjected to the action of intense heat.

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

    83. mastic

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

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

    84. macadam

      Small broken stones used in making roads.

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

    85. heathen

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

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

    86. draws
    87. 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.

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

    88. wan
    89. rafters

      Any of the parallel beams that support a roof.

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

    90. Wisp

      Something frail, slight, or fleeting.

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

    91. Ratty
    92. hide

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

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

    93. hacksaw

      A small saw used especially for cutting metal.

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

    94. bored out
    95. gusting
    96. 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

    97. 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

    98. ridges

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

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

    99. balefires

      An outdoor fire often used as a signal fire.

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

    100. 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

    101. reeds

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

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

    102. Clamped

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

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

    103. blacktop

      A material used on the surface of roads.

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

    104. murk

      Darkness or thick cloud, preventing you from seeing clearly.

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

    105. loped

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

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

    106. 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.

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

    107. rimstone

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

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

    108. flues

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

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

    109. flowstone

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

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

    110. tarpaulin

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

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

    1. 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

    1. 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

    2. 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

    1. 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

    1. “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.
    1. 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.

    1. 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

    1. 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

    1. 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

    2. attachment system

      for - definition - attachment system - John Churchill

    3. 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

    4. 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

    5. 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

    6. first we've got to understand the difference between actual psychological infrastructure please and states of Consciousness so because for for our listeners states are cheap traits are expensive

      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

    1. 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

    2. 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,

  5. Oct 2024
    1. Cascade Institute in Canada, Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon

      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

    1. panarchy

      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

    2. adaptive cycle

      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

    3. Arbib and Seba explain this by categorising human civilisation into two fundamentally intertwined complexes: the production system, encompassing all the foundational systems by which we meet fundamental material needs across energy, transport, food and materials (corresponding to ‘hardware’); and the organising system, encompassing how the former systems are governed, regulated and managed by society through economic, political, military, cultural and ideological structures and values (corresponding to ‘software’)

      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

    4. constructal law

      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

    5. To survive, living systems need to process information from their environment so they can predict environmental conditions. They then translate this information into organising their material structures to maximise the efficiency with which they extract and dissipate energy.

      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?

    6. The ‘hardware’ is a configuration of matter which harnesses energy from its environment with surprising efficiency and dissipates it as waste back into the environment.

      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

    1. Who were the Physiocrats?

      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!

    1. Feature: A feature is a significant piece of functionality that delivers value to the user. It usually includes several user stories or backlog items. A feature might take one or more sprints to complete.
    2. Epic: An epic is a large body of work that can be broken down into multiple features. It represents a major initiative or goal. An epic might span several sprints or even releases.
    1. In order to survive, every human needs to have some model of the world: how their body functions, how animals behave, how matter moves, etc. Psychologists call these “folk” theories—folk physics, folk biology, folk economics, and so on—the kind of explanations you might come up with if you just kinda bumble around, explanations that are good enough to keep you alive, but often go wrong.

      Folk Theories

    1. Un aperçu historique dela monnaie invite à relativiser tant la nouveauté de la dématérialisation monétaire que celle desmonnaies privées, deux phénomènes auxquels sont souvent associées les monnaies virtuelles.

      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 ? »

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    1. We therefore emphasize crises that are causally inter-related with one another

      for - definition - polycrisis

      definition - polycrisis - causally interlinked crisis

    2. We define a crisis as a sudden (non-linear) event or series of events that significantly harms, in a relatively short period of time, the wellbeing of a large number of people (Homer-Dixon et al., Reference Homer-Dixon, Walker, Biggs, Crépin, Folke, Lambin, Peterson, Rockström, Scheffer, Steffen and Troell2015).Footnote

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

    1. term spectacle refers to

      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

    1. the spectacle

      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

    2. recuperation

      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

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    1. Collini turns to the OxfordEnglish Dictionary, which defines the humanitiesas ‘the branch of learning concerned with humanculture; the academic subjects collectively compris-ing this branch of learning, as history, literature,ancient and modern languages, law, philosophy, artand music’ (Collini 2021: 63

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

  7. Sep 2024
    1. Shneiderman’s design principles for creativity support tools

      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.

    2. flow

      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.

    3. Csikszentmihalyi’s characterization of creativity as flow

      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.

    4. Boden’s conception of creativity as “exploration and play”

      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.

    5. Therefore, similar to Ribes et al. in their study of domain [113], the epistemic positions we propose aim to provide conceptual tools for reasoning about different styles of organizing creativity-oriented research practices in HCI.

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

    6. Creativity support has two implied referents: the person (who) and the activity (what).

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

    7. Identifying this vagueness, Remy et al. [112] point out that creativity can simultaneously refer to the “creativity of the outcome”, “the usability of the tool itself”, or “the productivity of the process [as mediated through] CST”.

      creativity can mean different things at the same time.

    8. Simply put, creativity is a noun performing the work of an adjective.

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

    1. a set of policies and mechanisms that allow competent subunits to form together into some kind of a an emergent Collective that's more than the sum of its parts

      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

    2. Mike's bow tie stuff

      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

    1. Broadly speaking, an open license is one which grants permission to access, re-use and redistribute a work with few or no restrictions.
    1. Prefigured

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

    1. In order for the model to remember something, it must be both (a) something the action model has paid attention to, and (b) something the mind cares to remember based on the emotional state.
    2. To explain the ideas of memory in this mind model, I’ll split memory into two broad categories: Story memory is the memory of everything that’s happened to you; and action memory is the modification of how you act based on positive or negative feedback.
    1. cognitive glue

      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

    1. Philip Agre enumerated five characteristics of data that will help us achieve this repositioning. Agre argued that “living data” must be able to express 1. a sense of ownership, 2. error bars, 3. sensitivity, 4. dependency, and 5. semantics. Although he originally wrote this in the early 1990s,Phil Agre. “Living Data.” Wired, November 1, 1994. it took some time for technology and policy to catch up. I’m going to break down each point using more contemporary context and terminology: Provenance and Agency: what is the origin of the data and what can I do with it (ownership)? Accuracy: has the data been validated? If not, what is the confidence of its correctness (error bars)? Data Flow: how is data discovered, updated, and shared (sensitivity to changes)? Auditability: what data and processes were used to generate this data (dependencies)? Semantics: what does this data represent?
    2. It lead him to propose an abstract concept of ambassadorsAlan Kay was originally thinking about objects interacting on a network. Currently, all network interactions follow explicit protocols. Objects of the future, Kay believes, must be able to negotiate the exchange of data even if they come from completely unknown sources. As Kay noted in the conversation with Hickey, “For important negotiations we don’t send telegrams, we send ambassadors.” in computer science. Ambassadors might like to follow a protocol, but it isn’t required. They act on behalf of a larger autonomous entity. And when two ambassadors meet, both entities they represent retain their autonomy.
    1. nature's contributions to people (NCP)

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

    2. analytical and evaluative tool consisting of just ends (targets) and just means (levers)

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

    3. Just minimum access

      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

    1. Privacy principle

      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

    2. Psychoinformational 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

    3. Psycho-purity principle

      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

    4. quantum-information panpsychism

      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

    1. love is something completely different it has nothing to do with whether we like someone or not i would suggest love is the recognition of our shared being or our shared reality

      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

  8. Aug 2024
    1. an engram is just a it's a it's a physical embodiment of a memory

      for - definition - engram - Michael Levin

    2. Josh bongard and I have been developing this notion of polyc computing which is this idea that basically every subcomponent is hacking every other subcomponent

      for - definition - poly computing

    1. what we basically do is that we try to find a representation for textual content so we call these representation fingerprints and they are like bitmaps

      for - definition - semantic folding

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

    1. the state predictable from the outside (i.e., the state describing the knowledge of the experience from the point of view of an external observer), which we call epistemic

      for - definition - epistemic

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

    2. the internally experienced quantum state, since it corresponds to a definite experience–not to a random choice–must be pure, and we call it ontic.

      for - definition - ontic

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

    1. 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

    2. what you call CIP B which is the Consciousness information and physicality and how it links to opt which is operational probabilistic Theory

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

    1. analytical idealism

      for - definition - analytic idealism

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

    1. IPBES (2019) identifies 18 NCPs

      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
  9. Jul 2024
    1. a seductive trail of successes that leads to a catastrophic end

      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"

    2. until relatively modern times uh until really the beginning of the enlightenment of the industrial revolution people thought of progress in a moral sense 00:02:17 or a spiritual sense

      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

    3. the idea took hold that and this was defined by the british economist uh sydney pollard in his book called the idea of progress and i'm just 00:02:54 paraphrasing here but essentially he said the uh the i the assumption is that there's a pattern of change in history and that 00:03:07 these consist of changes in one direction only and that that direction is towards improvement

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

    1. he defines the far-right as expresslynationalistic groups, which focus heavily on homog-enization within the nation.

      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

  10. Jun 2024
    1. The linguistic phenomenon of "a multi-use, customizable, instantly recognizable, time-worn, quoted or misquoted phrase or sentence that can be used in an entirely open array of different variants" was originally described by linguist Geoffrey K. Pullum in 2003.[2] Pullum later described snowclones as "some-assembly-required adaptable cliché frames for lazy journalists".[1]
    1. Having read this, it appears that there is a reasonable consensus and, given that, I will probably add it to my vocabulary as it does fill a niche – but I'll be careful where and with whom I use it.
    2. Amy: It's a real word. I use it all the time (of course, I'm a linguist, and I allow the possibility that I picked it up from my linguist chums, though it doesn't seem particularly jargony to me). For me, "disprefer X" means something like "not choose X when other options are available". This is subtly different from "prefer anything over X", quite different from "not prefer X", and totally distinct from "dislike X" or "object to X".
    1. the alignment problem

      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

    2. this is where we talk about un hobbling this is of course something that we just spoke about before but the reason that this is important is because this is where you can get gains from a model in ways that you couldn't previously see 00:15:31 before

      for - definition - hobbling - AI