Thinking out in text: philosophy or madness.
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What the quarantine
It seems, at least for AZ and a few other states, they miscalculated the general mental lapse of the population. The couple of months of shelter at home time were to bolster hospital supplies and allow the health care system to prepare (since the govt failed to do so in January and February). It also…
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Cover up your bulbs!
https://apple.news/AGSQ2C1tFQTq6SJ0xeAoMvQ
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Living
We live for the validation of our existence.
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Steaming electrons
It’s pretty amazing that, given all the advancements in electricity generation, besides solar, they all boil down to turning water into steam and driving an electric motor, essentially, backwards (not in reverse) and applying the right hand rule…
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Going through the motions
Do you think about the meaning behind the things you say or do? When you meet your friend and ask them how they are doing, are you really expecting to process their response? What’s behind that tradition you’re practicing? Does it make sense any more or are you just doing it because you were told/shown…
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Die to Evolve
Nature’s design for evolution requires death as a necessary step. Without death, species cannot currently evolve. We keep trying to live forever – Are we done evolving?
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State of Mind
DNA = Stateless DNA + Brain = Stateful
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Future
To the detriment of our future, we humans are inherently selfish and shortsighted. This is not to say that there are not those among us who are, in fact, selfless and with great regard for our future. They are just scarce and increasingly ineffective in a rapidly overpopulated world.
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Metaphor for our connections
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technology/fiber-optic-wires-servers-and-more-than-550000-miles-of-underwater-cables-heres-what-the-internet-actually-looks-like/ar-AAyqh6L?ocid=sf It seems the size of the cables (actual fiber), astounding as they are for the amount of data transmitted through them, are a good metaphor for our social connectedness. Millimeter thick.
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Evil
When an entity deprives another entity, other than the perpetrator, of their time intentionally or through callous discourtesy.
Got any book recommendations?