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    1. when that base looks for solutions, they can't find a bunch of glib corporatists in fancy suits with flashy smiles. They have to see authentic hardcrable defenders of the working class and hear ideas that speak to them, not at them.

      for - MAGA base - when the old economy dies, they will be looking for defenders of the working class - adjacency - corporation to cooperation - MAGA base

    2. the prime age rate is still very high. It's around 83%. That's the one that the so-called market follows. It's built into every hedge fund, every money market, every asset manager analysis. It's also the one that economists and policy makers care about

      for - definition - prime age rate - an important rate to follow for economics

    1. hat's who captures the bureaucracy. And that is why the system is sclerotic. That is why the system is slow and broken and unanswerable to the people and not even thinking about the people.

      for - adjacency - Nick Fuentes - argument against Trump - anti - elite grievances - like socialist-leaning liberals - Fuentes argument against Trump have the same talking points as a liberal argument. - This shows that the same pain points of inequity are at the root of both the left and the right - the left are slow to recognize the same grievances are behind MAGA, and so have been ineffective in winning these voters back

    1. for - health - David Sinclair - adjacency - belly fat - seed oils - chronic cellular inflammation - placebo - nocebo - thought triggered chronic cellular inflammation - adjacency - self image - inflammation - adjacency - life purpose - inflammation

      summary - Learned a lot from this episode! - I've been reading that seed oils are not good for your health but David Sinclair's evidence-based arguments have really made a big impact on me. - I've got to eliminate seed oils from my diet. Avocado, Olive Oil and Coconut oil only from now on - The explanation of persistent belly fat being caused by the chronic cellular inflammation due to seed oils is eye opening - They are ubiqitious and still seen by the mainstream as healthy

    1. we can’t recapture the same processes we used to learn to speak for the very first time

      for - unlearning language - key insight - language - cannot recapture same process we used as child - cannot recapture the same processes we used to learn to speak language for the very first time - basically, we lose access to that original vocal learning circuit as an adult - question - language learning - what is this vocal learning circuit of an infant? - why do we lost access to the vocal learning circuit we had as a child? - observation - clue - language - accidental world recall and substitution - a clue to how we remember words - I wrote the above sentence "why do we lost access to the vocal learning circuit we had as a child?" when I meant to write: - "why do we LOSE access to the vocal learning circuit we had as a child?' - This very observation also has the same mistake: - "observation - clue - language - accidental world" instead of: - observation - clue - language - accidental WORD"! - I've noticed this accidental word substitution when we are in the midst of automatically composing sentences quite often and have also wondered about it often. - I think it offers an important clue about how we remember words, and that is critical for recall for using language itself. - We must store words in clusters that are indicated by the accidental recall

    2. language attrition

      for - from - search - Google - Can we unlearn language? - https://hyp.is/Ywp_fr0cEfCqhMeAP0vCVw/www.google.com/search?sca_esv=869baca48da28adf&sxsrf=AE3TifMGTNfpTekWWBdYUA96_PTLS9T00A:1762658867809&q=can+we+unlearn+language?&source=lnms&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIegmO5mMVANqcM7XWkBOa06dn2D9OWgTLQfUrJnETgD74qUQptjqPDfDBCgB_1tdfH756Z_Nlqlxc3Q5-U62E4zbEgz3Bv4TeLBDlGAR4oTnCgPSGyUcrDpa-WGo5oBqtSD7gSHPGUp_5zEroXiCGNNDET4dcNOyctuaGGv2d44kI9rmR9w&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4_LP9j-SQAxVYXUEAHVT8FfMQ0pQJegQIDhAB&biw=1920&bih=911&dpr=1

    1. for - search prompt 2 - can an adult who has learned language experience pre-linguistic reality like an infant who hasn't learned language yet? - https://www.google.com/search?q=can+an+adult+who+has+learned+language+experience+pre-linguistic+reality+like+an+infant+who+hasn%27t+learned+language+yet%3F&sca_esv=869baca48da28adf&biw=1920&bih=911&sxsrf=AE3TifNnrlFbCZIFEvi7kVbRcf_q1qVnNw%3A1762660496627&ei=kBAQafKGJry_hbIP753R4QE&ved=0ahUKEwjyjouGluSQAxW8X0EAHe9ONBwQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=can+an+adult+who+has+learned+language+experience+pre-linguistic+reality+like+an+infant+who+hasn%27t+learned+language+yet%3F&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAid2NhbiBhbiBhZHVsdCB3aG8gaGFzIGxlYXJuZWQgbGFuZ3VhZ2UgZXhwZXJpZW5jZSBwcmUtbGluZ3Vpc3RpYyByZWFsaXR5IGxpa2UgYW4gaW5mYW50IHdobyBoYXNuJ3QgbGVhcm5lZCBsYW5ndWFnZSB5ZXQ_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-K1A7IHCTItOC41Mi4xMbgHgcUBwgcHMzUuNDcuMsgHcQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp - from - search prompt 1 - can we unlearn language? - https://hyp.is/Ywp_fr0cEfCqhMeAP0vCVw/www.google.com/search?sca_esv=869baca48da28adf&sxsrf=AE3TifMGTNfpTekWWBdYUA96_PTLS9T00A:1762658867809&q=can+we+unlearn+language?&source=lnms&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIegmO5mMVANqcM7XWkBOa06dn2D9OWgTLQfUrJnETgD74qUQptjqPDfDBCgB_1tdfH756Z_Nlqlxc3Q5-U62E4zbEgz3Bv4TeLBDlGAR4oTnCgPSGyUcrDpa-WGo5oBqtSD7gSHPGUp_5zEroXiCGNNDET4dcNOyctuaGGv2d44kI9rmR9w&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4_LP9j-SQAxVYXUEAHVT8FfMQ0pQJegQIDhAB&biw=1920&bih=911&dpr=1 - to - search prompt 2 (AI) - can an adult who has learned language re-experience pre-linguistic phenomena like an infant with no language training? - https://hyp.is/m0c7ZL0jEfC8EH_WK3prmA/www.google.com/search?q=can+an+adult+who+has+learned+language+re-experience+pre-linguistic+phenomena+like+an+infant+with+no+language+training?&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAjIHCAIQIRiPAtIBCTQzNzg4ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&udm=50&ved=2ahUKEwjfrLqDm-SQAxWDZEEAHcxqJgkQ0NsOegQIAxAB&aep=10&ntc=1&mstk=AUtExfAG148GJu71_mSaBylQit3n4ElPnveGZNA48Lew3Cb_ksFUHUNmWfpC0RPR_YUGIdx34kaOmxS2Q-TjbflWDCi_AIdYJwXVWHn-PA6PZM5edEC6hmXJ8IVcMBAdBdsEGfwVMpoV_3y0aeW0rSNjOVKjxopBqXs3P1wI9-H6NXpFXGRfJ_QIY1qWOMeZy4apWuAzAUVusGq7ao0TctjiYF3gyxqZzhsG5ZtmTsXLxKjo0qoPwqb4D-0K-uW-xjkyJj0Bi45UPFKl-Iyabi3lHKg4udEo-3N4doJozVNoXSrymPSQbr2tdWcxw93FzdAhMU9QZPnl89Ty1w&csuir=1&mtid=WBYQaYfuHYKphbIPzYmKiAs

    1. for - from - search prompt 2 - can an adult who has learned language experience pre-linguistic reality like an infant who hasn't learned language yet? - https://hyp.is/mCyiOr0iEfCIKdv78XDi9w/www.google.com/search?q=can+an+adult+who+has+learned+language+experience+pre-linguistic+reality+like+an+infant+who+hasn%27t+learned+language+yet?&sca_esv=869baca48da28adf&biw=1920&bih=911&sxsrf=AE3TifNnrlFbCZIFEvi7kVbRcf_q1qVnNw:1762660496627&ei=kBAQafKGJry_hbIP753R4QE&ved=0ahUKEwjyjouGluSQAxW8X0EAHe9ONBwQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=can+an+adult+who+has+learned+language+experience+pre-linguistic+reality+like+an+infant+who+hasn%27t+learned+language+yet?&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAid2NhbiBhbiBhZHVsdCB3aG8gaGFzIGxlYXJuZWQgbGFuZ3VhZ2UgZXhwZXJpZW5jZSBwcmUtbGluZ3Vpc3RpYyByZWFsaXR5IGxpa2UgYW4gaW5mYW50IHdobyBoYXNuJ3QgbGVhcm5lZCBsYW5ndWFnZSB5ZXQ_SKL1AlAAWIziAnAPeAGQAQCYAaEEoAHyoAKqAQwyLTE0LjczLjE0LjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAlSgApnFAcICBBAjGCfCAgsQABiABBiRAhiKBcICDRAAGIAEGLEDGEMYigXCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICDhAuGIAEGLEDGNEDGMcBwgIEEAAYA8ICBRAuGIAEwgIKECMYgAQYJxiKBcICChAAGIAEGEMYigXCAg4QLhiABBixAxiDARiKBcICExAuGIAEGLEDGNEDGEMYxwEYigXCAggQABiABBixA8ICCBAuGIAEGLEDwgIFEAAYgATCAgsQLhiABBixAxiKBcICCxAAGIAEGLEDGIoFwgIGEAAYFhgewgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAgsQABiABBiGAxiKBcICCBAAGKIEGIkFwgIIEAAYgAQYogTCAgUQABjvBcICBhAAGA0YHsICBRAhGKABwgIHECEYoAEYCsICBRAhGJ8FwgIEECEYFcICBBAhGAqYAwCSBwwxMy4wLjguNTIuMTGgB-K1A7IHCTItOC41Mi4xMbgHgcUBwgcHMzUuNDcuMsgHcQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

    1. for - search - Google - Can we unlearn language? - https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=869baca48da28adf&sxsrf=AE3TifMGTNfpTekWWBdYUA96_PTLS9T00A:1762658867809&q=can+we+unlearn+language%3F&source=lnms&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIegmO5mMVANqcM7XWkBOa06dn2D9OWgTLQfUrJnETgD74qUQptjqPDfDBCgB_1tdfH756Z_Nlqlxc3Q5-U62E4zbEgz3Bv4TeLBDlGAR4oTnCgPSGyUcrDpa-WGo5oBqtSD7gSHPGUp_5zEroXiCGNNDET4dcNOyctuaGGv2d44kI9rmR9w&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4_LP9j-SQAxVYXUEAHVT8FfMQ0pQJegQIDhAB&biw=1920&bih=911&dpr=1 search results returned - interesting - to - article - Can You Unlearn A Language? - IFLScience It's definitely possible to lose fluency in your native language, but research suggests you're unlikely to forget it altogether. - https://hyp.is/MdiWar0dEfC4ajvO0fJCkA/www.iflscience.com/can-you-unlearn-a-language-70874 - from - Linkedin post - John Vervaeke - https://hyp.is/pIMO8rzIEfCPtcvbQ8nTxg/www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7392196128005537792/

      new search prompt - This prompt did not give me the results I was looking for - Need to refine the prompt - Can an adult who has learned language experience pre-linguistic reality like an infant who hasn't learned language yet? - to - new search prompt - can an adult who has learned language experience pre-linguistic reality like an infant who hasn't learned language yet? -

    1. for - language - unlearn - language attrition - language - unlearn - new prompt

      summary - language unlearn - new prompt - I didn't really find what I was looking for in following my Google search for "Can we unlearn language?" - Almost all the results returned are about how an unintended consequence of learning a second language is forgetting our first one, a process called "language attrition" - However, I'm more interested in what it would be like to see reality WITHOUT a language. - Since I'm asking the question as an adult who has already learned a language or two, I posed the question "Can we unlearn language?" - However, I'm not interested in it from the perspective of a second language user perse, I'm interested in whether it is possible to re-experience the infant's experience of NOT HAVING ANY LANGUAGE TRAINING AT ALL. - I have to search with this prompt instead

    1. for - to - search - Google - Can we unlearn language? - https://hyp.is/Ywp_fr0cEfCqhMeAP0vCVw/www.google.com/search?sca_esv=869baca48da28adf&sxsrf=AE3TifMGTNfpTekWWBdYUA96_PTLS9T00A:1762658867809&q=can+we+unlearn+language?&source=lnms&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIegmO5mMVANqcM7XWkBOa06dn2D9OWgTLQfUrJnETgD74qUQptjqPDfDBCgB_1tdfH756Z_Nlqlxc3Q5-U62E4zbEgz3Bv4TeLBDlGAR4oTnCgPSGyUcrDpa-WGo5oBqtSD7gSHPGUp_5zEroXiCGNNDET4dcNOyctuaGGv2d44kI9rmR9w&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4_LP9j-SQAxVYXUEAHVT8FfMQ0pQJegQIDhAB&biw=1920&bih=911&dpr=1

    2. Your brain is incredible at pattern recognitionBut this superpower has a dark side:Once you see a pattern, it becomes incredibly hard to "unsee" it.You become trapped in your own mental models.

      for - adjacency - learning - unlearning - ritual - language - BEing journey - question - Could we apply ritual to unlearn language? - quote - Your brain is incredible at pattern recognition. But this superpower has a dark side: - Once you see a pattern, it becomes incredibly hard to "unsee" it. - You become trapped in your own mental models - John Vervaeke

      adjacency - learning - unlearning - ritual - language - BEing journey - Could we apply ritual to break the pattern of language? This could be an interesting BEing journey!

    1. Hayles is more interested in cognitive hybridisation – a cognition that is distributed through “dynamic cognitive flows between human, animal and machine

      for - definition - cognitive hybridisation - a cognition that is distributed through dynamic cognitive flows between human, animal and machine - - N. Katherine Hayles

    2. technogenesis

      for - definition - technogenesis - the continuous reciprocal causality between human bodies and technics - N. Katherine Hayles - adjacency - technology - language - human evolution - Deep Humanity - Technology does have a huge impact on human evolution - As the book The Inheritors demonstrates, language is perhaps the most far-reaching human technology of all and it affects our evolution in profound ways

    1. ‘The people’ are ill-equipped for survival

      for - comparison - neanderthal vs homo sapien - ‘The people’ (neanderthals) are ill-equipped for survival, not having - the complexity of thought required to manipulate the material world. - They are doomed by - their lack of innovation, - their inability to create. -‘The new people’ (homo sapiens) - are creative, - they are makers and - have will and guile.

    2. That question mark, standing for a question that the mind asks without words and cannot answer, is a stroke of genius.

      for - quote - Lok's ear spoke to Lok. "?" - ah, now I get it! I had to read the context before I could understand what the significance of "?" is!

      • quote - That question mark, standing for a question that the mind asks without words and cannot answer, is a stroke of genius.
        • it's the FEELING of mystery!
    3. A profound crisis provokes a deep examination. The urge to reach that far back in history is itself a sign of how deep the crisis was that provoked it.

      for - quote - profound crisis provokes deep examination - A profound crisis provokes a deep examination. - The urge to reach that far back in history - is itself a sign of how deep the crisis was that provoked it. - Ben Okri

    1. for - article - LinkedIn - Has Language trapped humanity? - pre linguistic reality

      Summary - very interesting exploration of our pre linguistic life - We modern humans spend most of our lives in the symbolosphere. - It is so ubiquitous that we don't even know it's relative and not absolute, like fish that don't know there's such a thing as water - until they are pulled out of it - Feral children are the ones who have been pulled out of the ocean of language, but they suffer a fate that none of us, from our conditioned language perspective would want to suffer - So how do we, who are deeply conditioned into language look at our situation of being so deeply conditioned? Is there life after (and before) language?

    1. for - definition - city - definition degree of urbanization - UN Statistical Commission report 2020 - from - there are 10,000 cities on planet Earth - https://hyp.is/91Rx7LgAEfCT6ytaqg9C9Q/nextcity.org/urbanist-news/there-are-10000-cities-on-planet-earth-half-didnt-exist-40-years-ago

      summary - This 2020 report was commissioned by the UN Statisticial Commission to develop a robust, standardized definition of cities, towns and rural communities (villages) to aid in international comparison of human settlements

    2. Grid cell classification

      for - definition - degree of urbanization - definition - grid cell classification - definition - urban centre - definition - dense urban cluster - definition - semi-dense urban cluster - definition suburban or peri-urban cells - definition - rural cluster - definition - low density rural grid cells - definition - very low density rural grid cells

    1. for - definition - city - towns and cities - to - UN Statistical Commission Report - https://hyp.is/Y4mBcrgGEfCKeB-o1NPMjA/unstats.un.org/UNSDWebsite/statcom/session_52/documents/BG-4a-DEGURBA_Manual-E.pdf

      summary - A new definition of cities settles an outstanding ambiguity in urban planning - what is the definition of a city? - Defined as a location with minimum population of 50,000 and population density of 1,500 people / square kilometers, it turns out there are 10,000 cities on the planet, and 48% of humanity lives in cities. - 25% of humanity lives in towns, which are future cities

    2. new definition, which defines a city as a contiguous geographic area with at least 50,000 inhabitants at an average population density of 1,500 people per square kilometer

      for - definition - city - a geographic area with - at least 50,000 inhabitants - an average population density of 1,500 people/square kilometer - stats - 25% of people live in towns - 48 % of people live in cities - 25% of people live in villages - towns and cities

      • according to this new definition, which standardizes the definition of city that has, hitherto been quite varied, 48% of humanity lives in cities (2015)
  3. Oct 2025
    1. for - SRG Corporation2CO-OPeration program - worker-owned cooperatives - Apis & Heritage - inequality reduction - via worker-owned cooperatives

      summary - Apis & Heritage is a unique US private equity firm that has established an investment fund called "The Legacy Fund" which is used to facilitate Employee-Led BuyOut (ELBO). Studies show the enormous potential for reducing inequality and it is an issue that receives rare bipartisan political support in the US. The "Silver Tsunami" describes 3 million small business owners likely to retire in 2035. Together, their businesses account for $10 trillion in assets. Apis & Heritage helps faciliate a smooth transition for owners to sell to their employees, increasing their net worth by as much as 10x by the time they retire.

    2. Aspen Institute,

      for - stats - 2022 - US worker-owned cooperative potential - about 140,000 firms - employing around 33 million workers - would have been suitable candidates for ESOP employee buyouts, - nearly 1.1 million firms - employing over 25 million workers - [are] suitable candidates for cooperative employee buyouts. - Collectively, these firms accounted for roughly $25 trillion in total revenues. - Aspen Institute

    3. process

      for - Apis & Heritage Legacy Fund employee buyout process - Apis & Heritage values the enterprise and offers seller fair price for their life work - Once purchased, they transfer the company's assets to a trust - Using private debt capital, they finance a portion of that transaction. - The trust administers the ESOP - The seller has full liquidity upfront and can retire immediately, The Legacy Fund saves seller from having to manage the complex process of selling to employees. - ESOP is a retirement account for the new employee-owhers. - After 5 years, each employee become vested, with new share allocations made each year.based on wages as a percentage of total payroll - If value of business grows, so do employee share value. - When employee-owner is ready to retire, they sell back the shares based on current valuation - new employee-owners receive training from Democracy at Work Institute (DAWI) - The trust repays debt from initial transaction on behalf of the business to Apis & Heritage and its investors who make an attractive return -

    4. Legacy Fund

      for - definition - Legacy Fund - Apis & Heritage fund that converts small businesses to worker-owned cooperatives - identify well run businesses that can deliver financial returns via interest and principal repayment. - target businesses with low- and middle-income hourly workers in industries: - construction, - manufacturing, - in-home care - uplifting everyday, hardworking Americans. - Deliver - competitive, - risk-adjusted returns - with rates in the low- to mid-teens - that are comparable to traditional investments for this asset class.

    1. for - US Republican governance failure - blue states provide welfare to red states - youtube - Dave Pakman - blue states vs red states - The US survives Trump's mismanagement because the US is a welfare state in which the blue states, with far better social policies is forced to bail out the tax-friendly red states - The red states keep choosing the same dysfunctional policies, and keep having to get bailed out by the blue states - In this sense, the federal government is being exploited to keep red states doing the same thing

    1. I think that religious superiority, religious supremacy is in some ways just because of the numbers a bigger problem even than white supremacy

      for - quote - religious supremacy - religious is, in some ways, just because of the numbers a bigger problem than white supremacy - Jenny Gage

    1. That means four years of current emissions. If you go by Pierce Pierce Forc's recent paper, it's only about two and a half years of current emissions. If you look at the reduction rate here, these are global reduction rates. We'd have to bring emissions down at around about 20% every single year.

      for - stats - climate crisis - decarbonization - 2025 - 2.5 to 4 years of carbon budget remaining for 1.5 Deg C - 20% per annum decarbonization rate

    1. for - youtube - neuroscience - How the brain remembers and imagines - Donna Rose Addis - memory and imagination have the same basis

      summary - Donna Rose Addis is a pioneer in a field that connects past memories to future imagination - Her research has demonstrated that the same brain region, the Default Mode Network is responsible for simulations of past memories as well as future imagination - It is theorirized that episodic memory is reactivated and reorganized for creating future simulations

    2. Studies have shown that the default mode network is engaged by all kinds of autobiographical simulations so this includes

      for - examples - autobiographical simulations invoking past episodic memories for future (goal-seeking) - counterfactuals - reimagining the past to see how we could have done better - anterior hippocampus supports imagination of - detailed, coherent and novel events and encoding the simulation so we can recognize when the opportunity arises in the future - creative cognition - populations with memory impairments also suffer difficulty with future imagination - depression results in loss of specificity of memories