Friday, September 16, 2016

The power of stories on places, Floridian vs Colorado Weather, environment, Geophysics, diversity, Quantum computers, Q, self-driving car problems, energy, Music of the Week, Rothfuss, Game of Thrones and Metaphors, and MORE!

The power of stories to make a place special. I've visited quite a few places influenced by books/movies. Savannah - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; Triple Falls and Dupont State Forest - Hunger Games; New Orleans (several places) - American Horror Story; Kings Cross station - Harry Potter; Universal/Disney - Duh!

I am the Florida-born human wearing a coat and scarf in 80 degree weather... #HeyItWas50ThisMorning

When you spend the better part of a year not looking to the right, because you were worrying about turning left, and you finally look right and your entire perception of the environment changes.

Are we just manifestations of our environment? What's real - us or the environment? 

Is nature just nurture over time?

Geophysics and wave theory.

Where does diversity stem from?

Leash laws and the impact on dog freedoms.

Quantum physics and how robins travel by magnetic fields.

Quantum computers - how they reduce the amount of calculations necessary to arrive at an answer to a complex problem, but they aren't faster for everything.

Interpreting the needs of creatures who don't speak "human" is an interesting task.

Remember, never be taken for granted.

I don't understand why explainers of Photosynthesis call light..."light"...when everything else is broken down scientifically.

When Q in Skyfall made it badass to drink Earl Grey tea in the morning.

When 2pm feels like 6 o'clock in the shade.

When you get hot coffee in 90 degree weather or ice cream in 30 degree weather. #WhatWasIThinking?

In the event of a car accident should a self-driving car try to save you first because if you were in charge of the vehicle that's what you would end up doing? I think the answer to that question will be very important if we ever truly implement the technology on a mass scale.

Photons - Allow for energy exchange. Facilitators of quantum jumps.

Einstein's Photoelectric Effect

Pay attention to your energy. How is your behavior influencing others? Check yourself. Often.

Music:

"Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and some men's minds are woeful small targets. Music touches their hearts directly no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens." - from The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

How to visually represent all five senses!

Daenerys Targaryen: Lannister, Targaryen, Baratheon, Stark, Tyrell they're all just spokes on a wheel. This ones on top, then that ones on top and on and on it spins crushing those on the ground.

Tyrion Lannister: It's a beautiful dream, stopping the wheel. You're not the first person who's ever dreamt it.

Daenerys Targaryen: I'm not going to stop the wheel, I'm going to break the wheel.

The Seven Kingdoms are spokes on a wheel. - Metaphor. How you look at the metaphor determines how you treat the Seven Kingdoms.

A ruler cannot rule if they cannot survive the environment in which the people live. True or false?

I miss studying languages and music. I'll return to them soon.

Don't forget to breathe.

Cheers dears.

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