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"In summary, Intelligence Intensification is desirable, because there is not a single problem confronting humanity that is not either caused or considerably worsened by the prevailing stupidity (insensitivity) of the species: badly wired robots bumping into and maiming and killing each other." ~ Robert Anton Wilson
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I love the sphenoid complex. It’s gorgeous. It looks so much like a tattered but unbroken moth.
Your sphenoidal sinuses are deep within your skull, behind the olfactory bulb and olfactory sensors in the very back of your nose. They sit around the pterygoid wings of the sphenoid bone, and the upper wall of the sinuses is the upper wings of the bone. These wings are the last bone structure before the brain, and though they’re strong, they’re thin and brittle, and can easily be damaged or destroyed by tumorous growths and head injuries.
Serious sinusitis before antibiotics could become deep-seated (it is usually treated before this happens these days), and if there are any cracks in the pterygoid wings, easily invade the brain cavity. Because of this and related reasons, bacterial meningitis and encephalitis (more serious and higher risk of complications) was at one time much more common than viral meningitis around the world, as it still is in developing countries. The mortality rate was about 10-15%, but many times even people with resolved infections ended up with hearing loss, brain damage, and in children, learning disabilities.
That said, the most important things are that the sphenoid complex seats the pituitary gland, provides support for the optic and the olfactory nerves, and a boundary between the open sinuses (prone to infection) and the brain structures. It prevents transmission of bacteria to the brain, and it provides a stable platform for the nerves that allow us to both see and smell the world around us.
What an important and lovely structure.
274. This is the only path; there is none other for the purification of insight. Tread this path, and you will bewilder Mara.
XX. The Path (via dailydhammapada)
Open Brain Computer Interface.
How to Figure Out What to do with your Life
1. Begin by imagining your dreams have come true. What would your life look like? What would you be doing? How would you be making money? Where would you be living? What would you be doing in your spare time? What sorts of people would you be with?
2. Try reading some inspirational blogs, autobiographies or self help books. Often those help to uncover our passions, and the kind of person we really want to be.
3. Surround yourself with positive and motivated people … Those who know what they want and are consciously going after it.
4. Take up a hobby that really interests you. There’s usually a reason that we’re drawn to that.
5. Ask other people who know you well, what they think would suit your personality. You’ll often be surprised by the kinds of things you learn.
6. Decide to “face your fears and do it anyway”. Don’t live a narrow life because you’re plagued by fear.
What needs doing?
There is nothing to do. Just be. Do nothing. Be. No climbing mountains and sitting in caves. I do not even say: ‘be yourself’, since you do not know yourself. Just be. Having seen that you are neither the ‘outer’ world of perceivables, nor the 'inner’ world of thinkables, that you are neither body nor mind – just be.
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (via lazyyogi)
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin on Spirit-Matter
"There is neither spirit nor matter in the world; the stuff of the universe is spirit-matter. No other substance but this could produce the human molecule. I know very well that this idea of spirit-matter is regarded as a hybrid monster, a verbal exorcism of a duality which remains unresolved in its terms. But I remain convinced that the objections made to it arise from the mere fact that few people can make up their minds to abandon an old point of view and take the risk of a new idea. … Biologists or philosophers cannot conceive a biosphere or noosphere because they are unwilling to abandon a certain narrow conception of individuality. Nevertheless, the step must be taken. For in fact, pure spirituality is as unconceivable as pure materiality. Just as, in a sense, there is no geometrical point, but as many structurally different points as there are methods of deriving them from different figures, so every spirit derives its reality and nature from a particular type of universal synthesis." ~ A Sketch of a Personalistic Universe (1936)
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Technology is impressive
Rooftop Greenhouses
The biggest thing getting in the way of this being commonplace is zoning. “Mixed-use” buildings are not allowed most places, without going through the lengthy expensive process of getting a “variance”. Just one more item on the long list of why I think we should get rid of use-based zoning codes (and switch to form-based codes instead). Anyway, in order for a city to be walkable/bikeable/wheelchairable, it needs to be relatively compact, which means vertical space needs to be utilized better. That doesn’t have to mean New York style skyscrapers everywhere, but it should mean more buildings 2-6 stories.
Traditional mixed-use buildings have retail on the ground level, and apartments and/or offices above. Stick a greenhouse on top (to be maintained either by residents, or by a third-party urban farming organization) and you have a tri-use (or quad-use if there’s residential and offices above retail) super building.
Love this. Really shuts down pretty much every carnist argument 😂
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THE FULL LENGTH KAROONA ONES OH MY GOD THE MIGHTIEST OF NEEDS
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The top link no longer works, so here is the new one.
FWIW, I bought a pair of these for my best friend a couple years ago, and she loves them. They’re apparently really comfortable, very pretty, and pack super easy for when she’s traveling. I highly recommend them!
Self-care is never a selfish act – it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.
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Earthbag home in Japan. These houses are made to resist earthquakes and in addition they look like a fairytale house. The house carry a special sense of calm happiness. Hand-made details give a distinctive peculiarity and individuality, it all adds to everything from making glass, ceramics, mosaics to tiny and large works in wood. Read more here and here.
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Science has confirmed that the adult brain grows through the processes of neuroplasticity and neurogenesis. Here are ten ways to do that.
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