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Controlled Opposition: Why Timnit Gebru Isn’t Waiting for Big Tech to Fix AI's Problems
"Gebru says DAIR’s funding model gives it freedom too. DAIR has received $3.7 million from a group of big philanthropists including the Ford, MacArthur and Open Society foundations."
#Comment: The bigger and more sophisticated the crimes, the more controlled the opposition. Best is to disengage & smile.
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The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, also known as the linguistic relativity hypothesis, refers to the proposal that the particular language one speaks influences the way one thinks about reality. Linguistic relativity stands in close relation to semiotic-level concerns with the general relation of language and thought, and to discourse-level concerns with how patterns of language use in cultural context can affect thought.
Related: 🗣️ A Look Into Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis and Ethnolinguistics: Does Language Effect What We Perceive? 🗣️ Genocidal Organ 🗣️ Magical Words: General Semantics & the Power of Language
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Kurukulla is a goddess of tribal origins, initially venerated as a protector by various nomadic clans who related her to fertility and material affairs, yet also considered her dangerous and fearsome. Progressively, the goddess was incorporated into the Buddhist pantheon, and during this process, Kurukulla acquired some different roles and lost others. Many practices were developed related to issues such as protection against animals and certain diseases, obtaining influential positions in society, love affairs, and even getting rid of one’s enemies. Kurukulla is a deity considered the goddess of eroticism, the mistress of enchantments and bewitchment, who uses desire as a weapon for transcendence. Practicing with Kurukulla allows us to reach our true nature by making our daily life, our fears and weaknesses, the very source of liberation.
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We Are the Mutants - Sifting the disregarded remains of the old world
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Meade Layne speculated that, rather than representing advanced military or extraterrestrial technology, flying saucers were piloted by beings from a parallel dimension, which he called Etheria, and their "ether ships" were usually invisible but could be seen when their atomic motion became slow enough. He further claimed that Etherians could become stranded on the terrestrial plane when their ether ships malfunctioned, and that various governments were aware of these incidents and had investigated them.
Related: The Ether Ship Mysery and its solution - by Meade Layne
#Magic #Creativity #Philosophy #Religion #Magic #fnord #Narrative
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The Neverending Lie
“When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts.” - Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
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“The effort of the imagination is to turn the boundary into a horizon.” — Barry Lopez
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Art by Anatoly Fomenko (Born 1945, USSR) - who is not only an influential mathematician, topologist and an accomplished artist, but also a renegade historian.
More Art can be found here.
Topological cartoon by Anatoly Fomenko
Fomenko the renegade historian
Fomenko has created his own revision of History called New Chronology, based on statistical correlations, dating of zodiacs, and by examining the mathematics and astronomy involved in chronology. Fomenko claims that he has discovered that many historical events do not correspond mathematically with the dates they are supposed to have occurred on. He asserts from this that all of ancient history (including the history of Greece, Rome, and Egypt) is just a reflection of events that occurred in the Middle Ages and that all of Chinese and Arab history are fabrications of 17th and 18th century Jesuits.
He also claims that Jesus lived in the 12th century A.D. and was crucified on Joshua's Hill; that the Trojan war and the Crusades were the same historical event; and that Genghis Khan and the Mongols were actually Russians. As well as disputing written chronologies, Fomenko also disputes more objective dating techniques such as dendrochronology and radiocarbon dating (see here for an examination of the latter criticism). His books include Empirico-statistical Analysis of Narrative Material and Its Applications and History: Fiction or Science?
History: Fiction or Science? - Book by Anatoly Fomenko
Is Ancient History Completely Made Up By 'The Man'? (gawker)
The Chronological Revision Chronicles, Part One: The Fomenko Timeline
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Reflecting on 2021
Think about the following questions. For each one note what went well, what didn’t go well, and what to focus on next year. Or alternatively, forget about answering these questions and use the time to practice meditation, qigong, yoga or go on a walk in nature - thinking is anyhow overrated.
- What big events happened this year in my life?
- How did I take care of my body and mind?
- How did my life go, work and business-wise?
- How did the relationships with my closest friends and family develop?
- What about my other friends and my community?
- Which hobbies did I spend time on?
- How well did I connect with my emotions?
- How have I grown as a person?
- How did I do financially?
- Which habits did I develop this year?
- What were my proudest accomplishments?
- What were my biggest challenges?
- What am I grateful for this year? What am I grateful for generally in my life?
- What are my major goals for this year?
“Self-reflection is a humbling process. It’s essential to find out why you think, say, and do certain things – then better yourself.” — Sonya Teclai
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Enantiosis - A rhetorical device in which opposites are juxtaposed so that the contrast is striking.
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Two trolls with a human child they have raised - Paintings by John Bauer (1913)
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The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania - Art by Sir Joseph Noel Paton. Painted in 1849.
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The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies - by Robert Kirk (1691)
The Secret Commonwealth refers to things that are outside the realm of rational thought, such as ghosts, fairies, and superstition. The title from a 17th century book by the Scottish clergyman Robert Kirk, about encounters of country folk with supernatural creatures.
The (super)natural worlds of Robert Kirk: Fairies, Beasts, Landscapes & Lychnobious Liminalities
"THERE Men travell much abroad, either preƒaging or aping the diƒmall and tragicall Actions of ƒome amongƒt us; and have alƒo many diƒaƒtorous Doings of their own as Convocations..." - The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies by Robert Kirk (1691)
