Human society is extremely complex and extremely interesting; all the way from our neuro-biology to civilization as a whole. Topics include individual psychology, communities, organizations and societies primarily in pursuit of patterns that make understanding how we behave easier.
A haphazardly managed collection of interesting COVID-19 references can be found here. It’s currently organized by… Biology and Medicine Data and Analysis Forecasts and Analysis Guidance Policy and Regulation Technology … this may change. Continue reading
Hope is slow poison. Either it will happen or it won’t. Life is short. Let go. Move on. Don’t hope. Your “hope” should lie in the nearly limitless, opportunity rich environment that we all have available to us while we live. While there’s life, there’s that kind of “hope”. Continue reading
It’s interesting to watch as we try to cause computers to behave more like humans and humans to behave more like computers. Continue reading
For your reading list. “How to Change Your Mind” by Michael Pollan. Continue reading
In our element we get it right most of the time. At least we behave consistently and in alignment with expectations in that particular space. Outside of our zone of familiarity god-only-knows what nonsense we’ll conjure up. Continue reading
Humans evolve in a way that transcends simple biological evolution. This view into evolution looks at how time and energy are utilized. Continue reading
I continue to be fascinated by the stress equation and how well it seems to characterize may of the things we experience. Continue reading
I hate to break this to you, but you are not omniscient. Perhaps more disturbing, you can’t be. This is a point that many humans seem to like to ignore. Choosing to believe that even if they don’t know everything now, they certainly could if they put their minds to … Continue reading
What if we learned division first? Continue reading
I updated the sketch from last week’s post so that it now looks like the sketch on the right (click on it to make it larger). Here are the changes… I replaced physics with reality in an attempt to be a little less obtuse. I also added “(Expectations)” to Beliefs. … Continue reading
