FascinatingFacts

There’s an ancient theory called anacyclosis, which posits that governments go through cycles. It’s fairly compelling. Basically we go from monarchy to republic to anarchy and then back to monarchy. This cycle was something the founders of America thought about a lot, and they tried to build in safeguards to prevent it.  But they were fabulously wrong about the big reasons republics fail: faction. Madison thought we could solve the problem of faction by just creating an infinite number of them. That didn’t work. Eventually, some factions have become way more powerful than others (e.g. fossil fuel industry, big pharma, tech) and now we’re descending into the anarchic phase, which ends in demagoguery and tyranny.  The Roman republic faced a similar moment, and major reforms were proposed by a tribune of the people, which essentially called for redistributing wealth more fairly. The senate killed that tribune.   It feels like we either do major reform— like UBI— or we start buying canned goods.  reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/jukm0z/the_next_decade_could_be_even_worse_a_historian
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/can-history-predict-future/616993/


Einerseits wird immer so getan als ob die Wähler durch Wahlen die Politik bestimmen. Andererseits war dies noch nie der Fall, denn schon die WahlKampagnen, der in der Öffentlichkeit und zur Wahl stehenden Personen, werden direkt und indirekt von genau den Kräften finanziert, deren Interessen dann vertreten werden - niemals der WählerWillen https://mastodon.social/@DaWoDerPfeffer/109623907755920486


01.10.2023
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/04/smart-toilet-monitors-for-signs-of-disease.html

7.April.2023
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines (eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2023-is-mac-on-the-verge-of-a-gaming-revolution-cyberpunk-hogwarts-and-dead-space-tested-w-game-porting-toolkit?view=comments)


28.5.23
Quick calc percentage:
-- How much is "9" out of "27" in percentile (%) ?--
=> 9/27 => ~33%


22.5.23 "Office / Work Romance"
If you are the always-serious-no-fun-person, noone is going to care about you. If you are the always-joking-clown-s.o., nobody is going to take you seriously as a person. It is important to find a good balance between serious and playful (in all of life, not just work!)
•Take careful note of those who seem to be going a little extra "distance" to communicate with you - those are your options for playing this safely. https://www.girlschase.com/content/how-have-sex-coworkers-and-get-laid-work
https://steamygenie.com/blog/20-signs-of-attraction-at-work-does-your-male-coworker-like-you/
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for women only, long-term monogamy is predicting low desire, not because they don't like s, but because it's harder for them to be interested in s with the same person over and over and over women are mean to those they wanna f
https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/why-more-women-are-suggesting-open-relationships/12661844

7.5.23
"lack of water, calcium, and magnesium can cause ulcers, gastritis, and acid reflux because the stomach doesn't have enough water to produce digestive acid "https://digestivehealth.ws/avoid-dehydration/

4.3.23
lol, a way to bypass the Microsoft account requirement in Windows 11 - type username [email protected], any password, and it bumps you to local account creation. https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/109960821891110896

19.11.22
#emergent #causality
"The finding that conciousness enables organisms to influence the future by unforseen ways, moreso than organisms without conciousness"
#german #english #paper
https://www.spektrum.de/news/emergente-kausalitaet-die-realitaet-ist-mehr-als-die-summe-ihrer-teile/1534295
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1314922110

23.10.22
music CD’s used to be made of gold film. Going gold meant that the music was done being put in the CD’s. The saying carried over even if video game discs don’t have gold in them https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/10/sonic-frontiers-has-officially-gone-gold-launching-on-switch-november-8th

30.07.22
The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle

15.07.22
TOO MUCH ANXIETY
Some people naturally have too much anxiety, and that’s a problem. “These are the people who need to be right, powerful, in control, and successful,” says Rosen. “They orchestrate everything around them, and are mistrustful or suspicious. They’re scared of inadequacy, failure, being insignificant, or being taken advantage of.” You have too much anxiety if you tend to expect respect and admiration, are frustrated a lot, question the motives of others, and are overly impatient, says Rosen.
TOO LITTLE ANXIETY
Too little anxiety isn’t good either. “You put your head in the sand in the face of change,” says Rosen.
“You don’t want to take risks. You value status quo and live in a bubble.”
https://www.fastcompany.com/90179714/how-to-make-your-anxiety-work-for-you-instead-of-against-you

5.7.22
We each have a unique heartbeat that is so distinctive that technology is now being developed to use it as the most secure password system ever invented. There is also the rhythm of our breath, our brainwave frequencies, and our personal sleep-wake cycle. Most cells in the body have their own circadian sixtyandme.com/over-60-heres-how-to-deal-with-the-feeling-that-time-is-running-out

14.06.22
Yes it is difficult to find a partner in today's world, not because there is scarcity of people but because there are too many clauses attached to it. There were times when if you liked someone you just went up and told them and they would let you know if the feeling was mutual or not. Now a days talking to someone face to face is something people rarely do. Relationships start on one's screen and end on someone else's. quora.com/Why-is-there-so-many-lonely-people-out-there-that-want-a-partner-yet-its-so-difficult-to-find-one

05.02.22
People actively seek to verify their own perceptions of themselves, whether those are positive or negative.
google.de/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-squeaky-wheel/201308/why-some-people-hate-receiving-compliments?amp

04.02.21
Human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count. The rest are microscopic colonists. bbc.co.uk/news/health-43674270

11.12.21
For example, mutations that cause Huntington’s disease improve fertility and decrease the risk of mutations,
mutations that cause sickle cell disease protect against malaria; and mutations associated with cystic fibrosis also improve fertility. These are just a few examples among many. These mutations are beneficial early in life – they contribute to development and having children – and only become detrimental in later life. If they are good for survival and producing the next generation, it might explain their preservation. It could also explain the persistence of devastating diseases many of them prevalent in older age.
theconversation.com/why-we-age-new-theories-gaining-ground-124219

17.11.21
everything changed when Hungarian journalist Karl Maria Kertbeny coined the terms "heterosexual" and "homosexual" in the 1860s. Psychotherapists began to suggest heterosexuality was a superior "type" because it allowed for procreation, while homosexuality didn't have the same utility
•She feels sorry for straight people, especially straight women, who typically report some of the lowest sexual satisfaction in society, Ward told Insider. But she also feels sorry for straight men, who are pigeon-holed into toxic-masculine culture that teaches them they both need, and yet should also demean, women.  insider.com/why-straight-relationships-are-doomed-according-to-sex-researcher-2020-12

16.9.21
relationship-institute.com/differences-between-men-and-women