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In terms of analytic data, Google is (according to a news article) gathering around 2 8-foot tall stacks of paper per day on the average user. Imagine the resources required to analyze, back up, distribute… and sell that data. Then realize that there are no...

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“Two men went on a quest to find the lamp in which a wish-granting genie was trapped. As they opened it together, they lost the third wish. Each was granted one, instead. The second man was cunning. He wished for an unlimited number of wish-granting genies. His...

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I enjoyed the bliss of instant affinity with a group of young writers I met in the park today. We were all so excited, talking over each other, apologizing for it… it felt really good and we all knew that ‘we were with our people’. Later, I was...

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We are seeking photographs of squinting for public analysis and research. PM me a photo of you ‘getting your squint on’ to participate.

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Related to the post below on how organisms and ecologies are highly opportunistic and tend to make use of whatever is at hand (rather than, for example, hoping for something else or wishing for a past situation). This results in profound resilience, in part, because...

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“Long and careful observation of animals, plants, insects and Nature have conveyed to me a surprising insight: although there are aspects of relation in nature that can be reasonably understood as sentimental — that is to say involving emotions, care and...