1 in 7 men and 1 in 10 women in the US don't have a single friend.
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Today in the fall of western civilization: Why do so many right now want to *believe* we are living in a sci-fi cyberpunk world, defined by tech like AI? Could it be they subconsciously sense that the fundamentals of our culture, economy & ecology are collapsing & clinging to "progress' is a illusory comfort blanket? 🤡
#Comment #Economics #Culture #Technology #Narrative #Religion
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Mysterious face of LuSheNa Giant Buddha, praised by tourists as "Oriental Mona Lisa" and "the most beautiful statue in the world". Located in Longmen Grottoes, Luoyang, China. Made in 672 of Tang Dynasty, carved during Empress Wu Zetian’ reign according to her own appearance.
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Emoji People
Many science papers have been written about Emoji's (such as "Dark side of a smiley - Effects of Smiling Emoticons on Virtual First Impressions") researching level of competency & trustworthiness of people that heavily communicate with Emoji. TL;DR? đź’©đź’©đź’©
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“You will hear people talk about intuition as our sixth sense. No, it is our first sense.” - Edgar Mitchell
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Nudge Theory is essentially inception. It's creating a choice architecture that incentivizes doing what those implementing it want. At it's core, it's social pavlovian conditioning without consent. Shame on @CassSunstein and all the willing academics and police makers for widly implementing such a scam.
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Mindful Digital Experiences?
There are countless sites/apps online (hello twitter) that entice people to endlessly scroll - resulting in mental fatigue, emotional numbness and stress.What sites/apps that you often use have the opposite effects on you? I'm genuinely curious!
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Fruits and vegetables are less nutritious than they used to be
Mounting evidence shows that many of today’s whole foods aren't as packed with vitamins and nutrients as they were 70 years ago, potentially putting people's health at risk.
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Economic Growth and Ecological Harmony are fundamentally conflicting goals
China's recent history is a great example that technologically driven economic (hyper) growth and ecological harmony are fundamentally conflicting goals: China used to be 40% renewables. Then economic growth happened. Bottomed in 2011 at 7.4% Now at 10%, with 1.8% from solar PV and wind. Fossil fuels still provide 87.3% of all primary energy. Data source: IEA.
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A generative shift in perspective
Possibly the best thing about "AI Art" it that is accustoms an entire generation to the idea that "reality" itself is an infinite latent space out which multimodal experiences are generated in spacetime, based on the intention of the animal observer.
"In reality time and space exist in you; you do not exist in them." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
"The universe is simply the spatial/temporal logic of the animal observer" - Robert Lanza
#Mindful #Generative #Art #Philosophy #Magic #Comment #Ideas
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What every A.I company won't tell it's employees: If management had an A.I that's able to do the work, they would replace all human employees with it today.
