"Never Interfere With an Enemy While He’s in the Process of Destroying Himself” - Napoleon
"Never Interfere With an Enemy While He’s in the Process of Destroying Himself” - Napoleon
Enjoy the Silence.
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The biomass distribution on Earth
This cool paper estimates the total biomass on earth. Animals constitute 2Gt of carbon. (1 Gt=1e15 g) This is mostly marine arthropods (1 Gt) and fish (0.7 Gt). Humans just 0.06 Gt. For comparison, plants are 450 Gt.
"A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as clear as the nose on your face." - The Blue Fairy, from Pinocchio
The Leisurely Manifesto - Otium is Hard Work - The Original Affluent Society
There is vast confusion around leisure. Leisure does not mean doing nothing, etymologically it means doing what you enjoy. Leisure, not "productivity", should be the end goal of all of our work, we need to aim for something much higher than productivity
Rize.io - "an intelligent time tracker that improves your focus"
#Comment: This app represents late capitalism tech design at its finest. It helps you to meticulously track, surveil, measure and analyze every millisecond - cause "time is money and efficiency is paramount". The philosophy the app embodies is frankly nauseating and insane. The app's developers and users should take a very, very long break and ask themself "Save Time? Who for?, what is the value of laziness and productivity? What is the nature of being and time?
Kua Kua groups: pay your way to adulation
If you say "I lost my bicycle today. I have looked for it for a long time, but failed." How will you expect others to reply? If you are a member of a "Kua Kua" online chat group, you will receive positive responses like "In spite of losing your bike, you are not irritated, which shows your elegance. Well done!"In recent days, WeChat "Kua Kua" groups have drawn increasing attention in China, especially among young people. In Chinese, "Kua" literally means to praise. The "Kua Kua" groups are online chat groups, in which group members can respond positively to whatever you say, even if the things you tell them are negative.
Research on the “Phantom Effect” - Presentation by Serge Kernbach (Cybertronica Research)
Why can some people ‘see’ uncomfortable things while others can’t?
Mark Lombardi (1951 - 2000) was an American artist who's drawings documented alleged financial and political frauds by power brokers, and in general "the uses and abuses of power".
Urban jungle in Taipei
Zuowang (坐忘) - A classic Daoist meditation technique. The non-conceptual experience of sitting and forgetting. By definition can not be expressed in words.
Practice is what ever i say it is
The Cosmic Calendar