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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Victoria II Part III: World’s Fair
Diseases helped colonized Americas but saved Africa in a way. “Rates of disease mortality among European soldiers stationed at the relatively less malarial port-and-fort posts they maintained (which we’ve discussed in this series) in the period period to the Scramble… Read More »Collections: Teaching Paradox, Victoria II Part III: World’s Fair
The disaster you don’t know can happen
World is scarier the more you know.
Fuel for thought
Our brains are hungry. “Although the brain represents just 2 per cent of body weight, it consumes about 20 per cent of our energy at rest. Every perception, memory, emotion and idea is metabolically expensive. Thought itself is an energy-hungry… Read More »Fuel for thought
Hazardous States and Accidents
I will start using this more. At home and work. “One of my children loves playing around cliffs and rocks. Initially he was very keen on promising me that he wouldn’t fall down. I explained the difference between accidents and… Read More »Hazardous States and Accidents
The AI crisis no one is talking about
Stay sane.
Being Sober
I think it will be like fifth year now that I do not drink for a month two times a year. Usually it is March and October. It always brings a lot of clarity and changes. I know it seems… Read More »Being Sober
You Are Not Your Diagnosis
Even a real diagnosis is the least interesting thing about you. “You have been told a very dangerous lie: that you are fragile. I don’t think so.” https://tantaman.com/2025-01-01-you-are-not-your-diagnosis
The Crisis of Narration
How we do not tell stories and how it breaks us. [Philosophize This!] Episode #232 … Byung Chul Han – The Crisis of Narration #philosophizeThis https://podcastaddict.com/philosophize-this/episode/202194033 via @PodcastAddict
Three ways to solve problems — Andreas Fragnerl
2 and 3 work great if you are wrong. “there are three ways to approach a problem: Move the world towards the desired state Change your perception of the current state Change your desired state” https://andreasfragner.com/writing/three-ways-to-solve-problems