Reposted by grabhorn
A helpful thing to remember, or at least it has been for me: in hard times, there will be discrete moments—maybe lots of them—where you experience love and joy and community. It is no sin to enjoy them, and arguably more of one to refuse them.
January 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A helpful thing to remember, or at least it has been for me: in hard times, there will be discrete moments—maybe lots of them—where you experience love and joy and community. It is no sin to enjoy them, and arguably more of one to refuse them.
Reposted by grabhorn
“Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others. No matter where the oppressed are found, the act of love is commitment to their cause--the cause of liberation.”
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
January 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others. No matter where the oppressed are found, the act of love is commitment to their cause--the cause of liberation.”
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
I share @radiofreetom.bsky.social's view that the RRHoF is commercial, nostalgic, and irrelevant - a microcosm of American culture itself.
But his argument that it shouldn't exist because it makes him feel old... I wonder what else he thinks we should eliminate to keep him unaware of his mortality?
But his argument that it shouldn't exist because it makes him feel old... I wonder what else he thinks we should eliminate to keep him unaware of his mortality?
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a man with curly hair and glasses is wearing a blue jacket .
ALT: a man with curly hair and glasses is wearing a blue jacket .
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January 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I share @radiofreetom.bsky.social's view that the RRHoF is commercial, nostalgic, and irrelevant - a microcosm of American culture itself.
But his argument that it shouldn't exist because it makes him feel old... I wonder what else he thinks we should eliminate to keep him unaware of his mortality?
But his argument that it shouldn't exist because it makes him feel old... I wonder what else he thinks we should eliminate to keep him unaware of his mortality?
I particularly like "...technosphere is a transitory layer that shall fold back into biosphere..."
An explanation for the Fermi Paradox is the "Sustainability Solution." We don't see advanced civilizations because exponential growth and expansion are unsustainable. Any advanced civilization would be indistinguishable from nature. Which makes them hard to find.
arxiv.org/abs/2411.08057
arxiv.org/abs/2411.08057
December 3, 2024 at 11:15 PM
I particularly like "...technosphere is a transitory layer that shall fold back into biosphere..."