john verdon
Foresight Shaman, Mytho-poet
un-disciplined mind - Curious interstitial forager, Dharma Bum
exploring alchemy of cultural change
Re-Imagining the Local #mmt
Joined May 2022
The stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori is well known as a cause of ulcers and stomach cancer. it also protects against oesophageal cancer – the same strains account for both these pros and cons. H. pylori is neither a good nor a bad microbe; it’s both
https://aeon.co/essays/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-good-or-a-bad-microbe
Consciousness is as constructed as our ability to count – it is learnt. The fact that we communicate with ourselves – that voice in our head – in the language we have learned from the society in which we live is a banal example of this.
https://aeon.co/essays/why-jacques-derrida-was-fascinated-by-secret-jewishness
was on -
the edge of the -
gravity of this -
was choosing -
to re-turn -
and re-turn -
until-it's -
done -
#micropoem
#cosopoetry
sometimes -
watching bad films -
makes it easier -
to see how -
aesthetic-frameworks -
generate collective -
reason-ancing -
for archetypal-mytho-logics -
light-shad-owes -
#micropoem
#cosopoetry
Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to discover a new antibiotic that can kill a deadly species of superbug.
Management is a practice, not a profession or science. It is learned largely through experience, which means that it’s primarily a craft, although some of the best managers make considerable use of art. They also use some science, in the form of analysis
https://www.thoughtleadersllc.com/2023/04/the-inescapable-conundrums-of-managing/
nearly any material can be turned into a device that continuously harvests electricity from humidity in the air. The secret lies in being able to pepper the material with nanopores less than 100 nanometers in diameter.
mhm -
implicate order-
emergence -
phase-transition -
intensities -
revelation -
dwellers-on-thresholds -
reproducing -
negative capability -
afford-dances -
chaos -
evolving -
by-mapping-the-picture -
we're changing the picture -
alethea -
#micropoem
#cosopoetry
everyone is blaming -
McCarthy-ism 2.0 -
for defaulting -
on gov 'promises to back' -
current currency flowing -
in the economy -
how many #gop -
people's representatives -
are in the house? -
and none have courage -
to declare -
have you no shame -
mr mccarthy -
#micropoem
#cosopoetry
Why isn't the #WritersStrike more prominent in the news - in fact I can't remember any coverage from mainstream #news
attending to -
familiarity-novelty in -
the ease of -
understanding -
the e-motions -
of voice-facial enact-meants -
and judgments of -
honest-performance -
as we do of acting -
and when was any culture -
so focused -
on adoration -
of performers -
#micropoem
#cosopoetry
If every possible 100-amino-acid-long protein was assembled from the 20 most common amino acids that form proteins, the result would not just fill our Universe but 1023 universes.
https://aeon.co/essays/time-is-not-an-illusion-its-an-object-with-physical-size
All citizens in Sweden can use state welfare during difficult periods of their life without any stigma. Citizens feel safer knowing that there exists a fundamental degree of security, and they are accordingly more flexible and willing to change. Secure in the knowledge that there is a fine-meshed social security net, people feel free to gain an education, change job, get divorced and have children without ever becoming dependent upon family, employer or friends.
https://aeon.co/essays/the-distinctive-paradox-of-swedish-individualism
Sweden has managed to combine high levels of social trust & faith in collective institutions with an affirmation of individual autonomy. Comparative studies of social trust & trust in institutions – show, Sweden stands out as a high-trust society
https://aeon.co/essays/the-distinctive-paradox-of-swedish-individualism
empathy alone is not enough to sustain a democracy. Other factors, such as a robust legal system, freedom of speech and assembly, and an engaged and informed citizenry, are also necessary to ensure a thriving democratic society.
https://framelab.substack.com/p/george-lakoff-why-is-empathy-central
they don't care -
they tear -
it all down -
prepared to wait -
till all has fallen -
to their shit -
as magical wants -
to enact-their-beliefs -
cult of cargo trumpistics -
#micropoem
#cosopoetry
5/12/2022 - Third Quarter Moon
#micropoem
#cosopoetry
https://johnverdon-mp.blogspot.com/2023/05/5122022-third-quarter-moon.html
john verdon
Foresight Shaman, Mytho-poet
un-disciplined mind - Curious interstitial forager, Dharma Bum
exploring alchemy of cultural change
Re-Imagining the Local #mmt
Joined May 2022