Forest refracted in a drop of water
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"taiji heartwork" is a wonderful blog. Random recent posts:
let things take your breath away
Leave symmetry to the cemetery.
the bourgeoisie: healthy bodies, weak spirits, noxious minds
Internal work doesn't accrue knowledge, expertise or power. It simply empties of self.
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Real Power is Soft
"People who are capable of seeing only the gross external aspect of things can perceive India as a nation of conquered people. They seem to be incapable of perceiving that in the philosophical & spiritual realm India conquers the world." – Swami Vivekananda
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Daisugi (台杉) - A technique used in Japan for 600y to produce wood without cutting down the trees.
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A neuropsychological condition that causes a distortion of perception. People may experience distortions in visual perception of objects, such as appearing smaller (micropsia) or larger (macropsia), or appearing to be closer (pelopsia) or farther (teleopsia) away than they actually are. Distortion may also occur for senses other than vision.
Image from: The Curious Case of the Fast Feelers: A Reflection on Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
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Steve Jobs lets his followers catch a glimpse of the first iPhone (Italy, 1449) - StableDiffusion
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Great interfaces help people grow their skills and not become addicted
People learning about Art history by engaging with ML generative media system is amazing! Opportunity: Great interfaces/UX help users grow & level-up innate skills while using augmentation software - acting like "scaffolding" that minimizes addictions / dependencies over time.
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In the OODA loop the control of "attention" is central, speed is simply one way that attention breaks.
- Flee = Can't observe
- Freeze = Can't orient
- Fight = Can't decide
- Fawn = Can't act
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Telekinesis advertising - by Northrop Grumman,one of the world's largest weapons manufacturers.
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A memory prosthesis could restore memory in people with damaged brains - Brain electrodes designed to mimic the hippocampus appear to boost the encoding of memories—and are twice as effective in people with poor memory.
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The word 'Paris', the capital of France seemingly originated from the 'PARisians (people) of ISis'
Picture: The French 'Declaration of human rights'
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Excerpt from the Book "Technic and Magic: The Reconstruction of Reality"
"We take 4 granted that only certain kind of things exist - electrons but not angels, passports but not nymphs. This is what we understand as 'reality'. But in fact, 'reality' varies with each era of the world, in turn shaping the field of what is possible to do,think & imagine."
