Why does life evolve?
Strawberry-banana vs banana-strawberry. Harry and Sons vs. Sons and Harry. John Smith vs. Smith John. We made it so that word order matters, especially with names. How far back does that go? Why did we start that order? Why are there arbitrary correct orders, like strawberry-banana?
I Am What I Am: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q2h6oGD6UA
When you realize radio stations are partially marketing platforms for popular bands who will be in concert near you soon-ish.
The power of names. What would it be like to be named...____? Someone else? How does a name affect how you see yourself and how others see you?
How do meteorologists determine what the weather "feels like" in different places? Or better yet, how do they compare across states? Since 40 degrees in Colorado is not nearly as cold as 40 in Florida.
When I want to type something faster that I've never spelled before, I visualize that I've already been spelling it all my life. Tah dah!
Musk Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnBQmEqBCY0
Democratization of AI.
Technology declines if people don't work on it.
Don't stop at your first reaction to something. Whether it's a presidential debate, or a lecture on how computers work, or a paragraph in a novel you tried to read. Watch it again, listen to it again, read it again, and get beyond the first reaction. Because oftentimes, the first reaction is emotional, and there's more to understand than that.
"New metaphors have the power to create a new reality. This can begin to happen when we start to comprehend our experience in terms of a metaphor, and it becomes a deeper reality when we begin to act in terms of it. If a new metaphor enters the conceptual system that we base our actions on, it will alter that conceptual system and the perceptions and actions that the system gives rise to. Much of cultural change arises from the introduction of new metaphorical concepts and the loss of old ones." - from Metaphors We Live By
Stranger Things ending, I hate you. *SPOILER ALERT* I hate you because you remind me that not all people get a happy ending. Because some people never get to see their friend, or their daughter, or their girlfriend ever again after a tragic event. Because you reminded me that sometimes the best we can hope for is to try to regain some form of normalcy. Because you left things unanswered and unresolved and I want my little package. Because I wanted Ele and Mike to go to the Snow Ball, dammit. Because the bad guys said the atmosphere was toxic and it wasn't...not really. Because Ele never got to taste real food, and you reminded me that, to some people, Eggos are the best meal they've ever had. Because no one should throw up slugs other than Malfoy. Because how did they get out of the upside down? Because it was Christmas, and everyone had lights, and it was the one time in the show where their presence was ignored. Because things went back to normal, but they didn't. But I loved you because you showed how memories affect the present. How people are resilient. And because you showed us how the world really works sometimes, with a comparison in the unreal.
42. Everyone may have a different question, but the answer could be the same.
Solutions are not pieces of a puzzle, otherwise there would only be one specific solution. Bad metaphors.
I have this thing about drinking coffee out of dark mugs and tea only out of light mugs.
Don't forget to take a minute to observe the trees, to take a breath, to feel your body move. Slow down, even for a moment, to pay attention to the things we often miss and take for granted.
Could you be "driven" before there were automobiles?
I need more poetry in my life.
And I love seeing fall leaves for the first time!!
