Fight for humanity
Through your caring about
Ukraine
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Eric R Kandel - age of insight
“A brilliant book by Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel, The Age of Insight takes us to Vienna 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind—our conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions—and how mind and brain relate to art. “ ... Google Books
We will hold a panel discussion on the book above to be announced in the fall .... live life well .. let it happen …. Create your memories meaningfully
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What magical trick makes us intelligent? The trick is that there is no trick. The power of intelligence stems from our vast diversity, not from any single, perfect principle. —Marvin Minsky, The Society of Mind, p. 308
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The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our brains
The Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember,
is a 2010 book by the American journalist Nicholas G. Carr.
The book expands on the themes first raised in "Is Google Making Us Stupid?",
Carr's 2008 essay in The Atlantic, and explores the effects of the Internet on the brain. The book claims research shows "online reading" yields lower comprehension than reading a printed page.[1] The Shallows was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.[2][3]
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Next Sunday the book
By , historian Yuval Noah Harari, distinguished professor from a culture obsessed with history.
Sapiens:
A Brief History
of Humankind
From Amazon:
Homo sapiens rules the world because it is the only animal that can believe in things that exist purely in its own imagination, such as gods, states, money and human rights
Many disciplines are perceiving a dystopian dysfunctional society
technology amplifies the process of who controls it.
I’m optimistic because i worked for 50 years & it’s just math extrapolated from my experience.. not miracles
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I don’t check social networks often but let’s try Twitter -
Let’s be kind with our intentions
Opinions are my own and change
Invited by: IRVIN GELB
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Day | Followers | Gain | % Gain |
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March 17, 2024 | 406 | +27 | +7.2% |
April 08, 2023 | 379 | -3 | -0.8% |
October 07, 2022 | 382 | -2 | -0.6% |
August 14, 2022 | 384 | +1 | +0.3% |
July 08, 2022 | 383 | -2 | -0.6% |
June 01, 2022 | 385 | -4 | -1.1% |
April 24, 2022 | 389 | +8 | +2.1% |
January 18, 2022 | 381 | +5 | +1.4% |
December 11, 2021 | 376 | +8 | +2.2% |
September 27, 2021 | 368 | +13 | +3.7% |