Home remedies, memory as power over machines, best system sans work?, process vs end goals, illusion of ownership, The Martian, Emotional Abuse, Beneficial Intelligence, What is Awareness?, Harry Potter Plot Alternative Question, Mormon Cosmology, and what I learned being The Queen of Hearts for a day

New home remedy: Muster what strength you have in you and dance around like a crazy fool in your kitchen for 2 minutes while waiting for water to boil. Proceed to make tea. If it doesn't relieve your symptoms, it may at least improve your mood, heh.

There is something to be said about what someone will do when they aren't asked to do anything at all.

However flawed our individual memories sometimes are, they may ultimately be our greatest power over machines.

What would be the best societal system in the event that we no longer have to "work"? How do you distribute resources?

How you go about reaching a goal should be just as important as the goal itself.

The illusion of ownership.

I have a pretty good feeling that The Martian movie isn't going to be as good as the book. Eff yea, Andy Weir! Laughs on every Sol/page!

There's a conversation to be had out there about Emotional Violence/Abuse.

On any given day, it's possible to die. That fact is humbling.

Artificial Intelligence vs. Beneficial Intelligence.

"The real risk with AI isn’t malice but competence. A superintelligent AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren’t aligned with ours, we’re in trouble. You’re probably not an evil ant-hater who steps on ants out of malice, but if you’re in charge of a hydroelectric green energy project and there’s an anthill in the region to be flooded, too bad for the ants. Let’s not place humanity in the position of those ants. Please encourage your students to think not only about how to create AI, but also about how to ensure its beneficial use." - Stephen Hawking

Getting people to ask, "Why are you doing X?" That's awareness.

What is it about emotions and memory?

Would readers have rooted for Harry Potter as much if he hadn't been in unfortunate circumstances? (Parents dead, died for him, living with Aunt and Uncle who treat him like scum). What if he was just a normal boy with a happy family? What if there was no prophecy, but rather he just rose to the occasion and it worked because he was the right kind of leader?

Mormon Cosmology.

Vedanta.

Become the master of both your internal and external world.

Think about it. How often do you have during the day to actually gather and consider your own thoughts?

One thing being the Queen of Hearts for a day taught me: the box for a deck of cards makes a very inconspicuous wallet.

When pumpkin is poisoned, make applesauce instead.

Hope to sleep for ten thousand moons. Goodnight.