The Nature of Reality
Have we become a social media-centered society?
Have we become a social media-centered society? In this post: A very short post and several questions about modern society, the choices that we made to use the tools that we have at our disposal or become the servants of the tools we need to function in the 21st century. I have a question for…
Read MoreThe Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility and other things that I never think about
TThe Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility and other things that I never think about In this post: What is a fact without context, knowledge frameworks, and The Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility. Think about something that you never or almost never think about. Something neutral, not something dramatic or two charged with negative connotations, nothing…
Read MoreUni V: The way we are talking about morality and the guy who got eaten by the bear
Uni V: The way we are talking about morality and the guy who got eaten by the bear In this post: I discuss some of the things I learned or not in the first lecture of PHIL 181. I think around the box and question the methodology of the course as failing to reflect reality…
Read MoreWorking on happiness
Working on happiness In this post: I share my views on happiness, as simple as that. Everybody has her own idea of what it is and what it does and how it comes about. I do too. Here you go. People think that happiness is something that comes to you in the form of lucky…
Read MoreEverything you own, owns you
Everything you own, owns you In this post: A little over a year ago I was in Paris with my awesome husband experiencing, not romance as you would expect, but a sense of confusion. The renovation of our apartment had started a little before we had anticipated and we arrived home to find that we…
Read MoreA long and convoluted dream
A long and convoluted dream In this post: Many people are obsessed with dreams but nobody really knows why we dream. One current hypothesis is that dreams are the way the brain integrates memories, or cleans mind-junk from our brains. The brain doesn’t rest during sleep, but it is active, too active, in my opinion,…
Read MorePeripheral Vision: A Short Journey in Poetic Prose
Peripheral Vision: A Short Journey in Poetic Prose In this post: Distractions, outrage, and cut flowers. Sometimes I write poetic prose. The thing with this type of writing is that it can mean a lot or nothing; it can be beautiful or just a weird string of words put together haphazardly. Meaning and beauty are created…
Read MoreA tiny Lemon Tree, Part II
A tiny Lemon Tree, Part II In this post: “There is no knowledge that is not power.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Society and Solitude” (1870). I love this quote, but this post is not about it. Another week starts, it feels as if it is suspended in time. There are so many things that are going…
Read MoreUncertainty and Change
Uncertainty and Change In this post: A book critique and a collection of seriously impractical advice for the fluffy-minded. A few months ago, I went back to read “Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change” by Pema Chödrön. Such a small book, such a long time to read. I bought this book last year in one…
Read MoreA Particle in a Box
A Particle in a Box In this post: This post occurs between a special set of boundary conditions, and on the intersection of science, art, and speculative language. You can think of it as one of my love poems to electrochemistry. Lately, I have been thinking on and off about electrons. Not all electrons of…
Read MoreDust of Flying Saucers, Insider’s Secrets Revealed
Español Dust of Flying Saucers, Insider’s Secrets Revealed In this post: A picture and a question. Believing is seeing and the truth is still out there. But why is that so? Because imagination is one of the most powerful and generalized natural phenomena of the world. At least, I propose it so be so. During…
Read MoreNoam Chomsky and the Inevitable end of the World
Noam Chomsky and the inevitable end of the world In this post: Every time I read anything from Noam Chomsky I end up repelled by this guy that I want so much to admire. Not because I disagree with him, but because of the effect that his words have on my psyche. The guy is…
Read MoreMr. Pistachio-Head
Mr. Pistachio-Head In this post: Sometimes I think about silly little things that don’t make much sense. Very often, this silly little things take the form of silly little stories. I don’t know if they mean anything or are good for something, but let’s think of them as my brain cleaning itself, reorganizing itself to…
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