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Radical creativity, practical execution and old school techniques redefine war
Ukraine’s strike against Russian bomber fleet, Israel’s decapitation of Hezbollah herald the transformation of warfare Key Points Israeli...
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Jun 91 min read
U.S leadership begins "prime dictator tactics" (yep, we've been there, done that: remember Kent State?)
Overriding state and local leadership, to use military to supress desent. Then there's another prime symptom: military parades on one's...
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Jun 91 min read
Ruminating about consciousness (UII w/Claude)
DM Good morning! This morning, with coffee of course, I'm ruminating about consciousness, ... not abstractly; but rather, my own. As I...
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Jun 819 min read
What will be the future of academic freedom?
Maura Finkelstein is one of many scholars discovering that the traditional protections of academic freedom are no longer holding....
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Jun 82 min read
The price of revenge
Might our desire for vengence be a form of addiction? Related prior post Description of this week's Hidden Brain interview (first link...
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Jun 81 min read
John and Abigail Adams' prescience about what was to become the U.S.
The couple’s letters provide an extraordinary window on the revolt brewing 250 years ago. Excerpt: " Because we know the outcome, we...
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Jun 81 min read
Meanwhile, within the workplaces within our lives
Personal burnout ushering stagger costs to organizations From "quiet quitting"to "loud living" Rejection of outdated leadership Quiet...
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Jun 81 min read
Time well spent
A new way to value time could change your life Listen or read Thanks Ann! Calculating the subjective value of your time reveals where...
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Jun 71 min read
Utopian Promises, Despotic Outcomes
A historian’s account of modern revolutions finds that while some dictators have been opposed by popular movements, others have used them...
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Jun 71 min read
AI Doesn’t Care if You’re Polite to It. You Should Be Anyway.
Saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to a chatbot uses more electricity, but it’s worth it to cultivate the habit of gratitude. Excerpt: " In...
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Jun 71 min read
This is your brain on revenge
Vengence is addictive, forgiveness is detox Key Points The author recounts a childhood incident of bullying and revenge, which led him to...
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Jun 71 min read
Scientists' enjoyment of gulls taking your food
Birds’ ability to seamlessly swap marine food for a Big Mac—and outwit humans to get it—is a source of fascination Related Cockatoos...
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Jun 71 min read
The Pentagon disinformation that fueled many of America's UFO myths
Wall Street Journal's investigation Excerpt: "A tiny Pentagon office had spent months investigating conspiracy theories about secret...
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Jun 72 min read
The “afterlife” according to Einstein’s special relativity
Physicist and author Sabine Hossenfelder discusses the physics of dead grandmothers. Description: Sabine Hossenfelder investigates...
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Jun 71 min read
The illusion of individual control, as explained through chaos theory
Professor and political scientist Brian Klaas dives into the deep waters of chaos theory. (video) Description: Could the tiniest ripple...
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Jun 71 min read
Why shared decision-making in medicine often fails
One opinion Excerpt: "Let us assume that physicians, especially PCPs, are provided with all the additional information everyone thinks...
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Jun 71 min read
Which is the smartest of 5 commonly used A.I. entities?
Washington Posts results Related, an opinion on A.I. Agents Excerpt (from first link above): "All of the most popular artificial...
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Jun 71 min read
How ‘Inflammaging’ Drives Cancer—and Points to New Treatments
Inflammation fuels the high rate of cancer in people over 50, researchers find, leading them to test anti-inflammatories like allergy...
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Jun 62 min read
One secret to generating high performance in work (and other) roles
"Mattering" might be the most powerful motivator of all. KEY POINTS "Mattering" combines feeling valued and knowing your value. Small...
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Jun 62 min read
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